View basket “Artificial Horizon” has been added to your basket. Stitt Plays Byrd Sonny Stitt SKU: SD1418 Barcode: 4260019715319 34.00 £34.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Speakers Corner Released Date: 19th May 2017 Buying Format: 180g 1LP Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info “Stitt Plays Bird” – Sonny Stitt (as); John Lewis (p); Jim Hall (g); Richard Davis (b); Connie Kay (dr) It is widely known that Sonny Stitt didn’t want to be taken for Charlie ‘Bird’ Parker and changed from playing the alto to the tenor saxophone. Although false rumours pop up every now and then, the truth is that at the beginning of the 1940s Stitt independently developed the same be-bop licks as Parker without ever having heard him. For “Stitt Plays Bird” Sonny had to unearth his old instrument and insert a new mouthpiece because Atlantic Records and their entrepreneurial president Ahmet Ertegun hoped for big sales figures. Which actually proved true. One half of the modern jazz quartet provided the melodic and rhythmic basis for improvisations on eight ‘hits’ by Charlie Parker and one composition by his first employer Jay McShann. Added to this are the subtle, sensitive scatterings from Jim Hall and the emphatic beat from Richard Davis, both of which lend delicacy and pulse to the numbers. It’s hard to recommend a special track, but “Scrapple From The Apple” is just awesome! All the numbers are based on standards – just which they are can be found in the informative liner notes by the be-bop expert Ira Gitler. Atlantic’s logo “Full Dynamic Frequency Spectrum” is no longer a swindle in this new pressing and at last one can enjoy all nine titles in all their sonic glory. This Speakers Corner LP was remastered using pure analogue components only, from the master tapes through to the cutting head. All royalties and mechanical rights have been paid. Recording: January 1963 at Atlantic Studios, New York City, by Tom Dowd Production: Nesuhi Ertegun Artist Sonny Stitt Genre Jazz Label Speakers Corner Buying Options 180g 1LP Format 180g , 1LP Condition New Country Germany Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Sonny Stitt and more from Jazz View Product Quick View Sonny Stitt Blow The Blues (Acoustic Sounds) Jazz | Decca (UMO) / Jazz / Verve | 180g, 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 12th July 2024 £35.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Sonny Stitt Blow The Blues (Acoustic Sounds) £35.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Decca (UMO) / Jazz / Verve SKU: 4651245 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 12th July 2024 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Sonny Stitt Lone Wolf: The Roost Alternatives Run Out Groove | 180g, 1LP Released 26th April 2019 £42.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Sonny Stitt Lone Wolf: The Roost Alternatives £42.00 Label: Run Out Groove SKU: 0081227930813 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