Jazz at the Hi-Hat
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Released | 1955 | |||
Recorded | February 11, 1954 | |||
Venue | The Hi-Hat, Boston, Massachusetts | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Label | Roost RLP 418 | |||
Producer | Teddy Reig | |||
Sonny Stitt chronology | ||||
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Jazz at the Hi-Hat is a live album by saxophonist Sonny Stitt recorded in Boston in 1954 and originally released on the Roost label as a four track 10 inch LP.[2] The original album has been expanded with additional material and released on CD in two volumes.
Reception
[edit]The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states, "this CD gives one a good all-around sampling of early Sonny Stitt".[1]
Track listing
[edit]All compositions by Sonny Stitt except as indicated
Volume 1:
- "Blue and Sentimental" (Count Basie, Mack David, Jerry Livingston) – 3:08
- "Thou Swell" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers)
- "Every Tub" (Basie, Eddie Durham)
- "Pennies from Heaven" (Johnny Burke, Arthur Johnston)
- "Sweet Georgia Brown" (Ben Bernie, Kenneth Casey, Maceo Pinkard) – 5:00 additional track on CD release
- "I'm in the Mood for Love" (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh) – 4:43 additional track on CD release
- "Tri–Horn Blues" additional track on CD release
- "If I Should Lose You" (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) – 4:43 additional track on CD release
- "(Back Home Again In) Indiana" (James F. Hanley, Ballard MacDonald) – 5:04 additional track on CD release
- "Wigwam" – 2:53 additional track on CD release
- "My Melancholy Baby" (Ernie Burnett, George Norton) additional track on CD release
- "Flying Home" (Benny Goodman, Lionel Hampton, Sydney Robin) – 3:14 additional track on CD release
Volume 2:
- "S.O.S. (Columbus Avenue Rhythm)" – 8:06
- "Rockin' at the Hi-Hat" – 2:23
- "(Back Home Again In) Indiana" (Hanley, MacDonald) – 3:14
- "They Can't Take That Away from Me" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 4:24
- "Lover" (Hart, Rodgers) – 3:04
- "Flying Home" (Goodman, Hampton, Robin) – 2:55
- "Mass Ave. Swing" – 2:29
- "They Say It's Wonderful" (Irving Berlin) – 2:10
- "One O'Clock Jump" (Basie, Durham) – 12:22
- "Jeepers Creepers" (Johnny Mercer, Harry Warren) – 4:16
- "Baritone Blues" – 4:01
- "How High the Moon" (Nancy Hamilton, Morgan Lewis) – 6:10
- "Body and Soul" (Frank Eyton, Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour) – 3:53
- "If I Had You" (Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly, Ted Shapiro) – 1:59
- "Jumpin' with Symphony Sid" (Lester Young) – 2:42
Personnel
[edit]- Sonny Stitt – alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone
- Dean Earl – piano
- Bernie Griggs – bass
- Marquis Foster – drums
References
[edit]- ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed January 2, 2013
- ^ Edwards, D. & Callahan, M. Royal Roost/Roost Album Discography Archived 2012-04-15 at the Wayback Machine accessed January 2, 2013