1967 studio album by Sonny Stitt
Parallel-a-Stitt (subtitled Sonny Stitt on the Varitone ) is an album by saxophonist Sonny Stitt recorded in 1967 and released on the Roulette label.[ 1] The album represents Stitt's third featuring the varitone , an electronic amplification device which altered the saxophone's sound.[ 2]
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic [ 3]
Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars.[ 3]
All compositions by Sonny Stitt except as indicated
"Hello George" - 3:25 "Don't Get Around Much Anymore " (Duke Ellington ) - 5:02 "Bye Bye Blackbird " (Ray Henderson , Mort Dixon ) - 4:27 "Because It's Love" - 2:35 "Satin Doll " (Ellington, Billy Strayhorn , Johnny Mercer ) - 4:40 "The Shadow of Your Smile " (Johnny Mandel , Paul Francis Webster ) - 5:18 "Chinatown My Chinatown " (William Jerome , Jean Schwartz ) - 3:45 "Jeep's Blues" (Ellington, Johnny Hodges ) - 2:09 "Laura " (David Raksin , Mercer) - 2:45 ^ Edwards, D. & Callahan, M. Roulette Album Discography, Part 1 Archived 2015-11-17 at the Wayback Machine accessed January 4, 2013 ^ Myers, M. Sonny Stitt: Varitone Redux , All About Jazz , December 20, 2011 ^ a b Allmusic Review , accessed January 8, 2012
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader or co-leader Sonny Stitt/Bud Powell/J. J. Johnson (1949–50) Stitt's Bits (1950) Kaleidoscope (1950–52) Jazz at the Hi-Hat (1954) The Battle of Birdland (and Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis , 1954) Sonny Stitt Plays Arrangements from the Pen of Quincy Jones (1955) Sonny Stitt Plays (1955) New York Jazz (1956) For Musicians Only (with Dizzy Gillespie and Stan Getz , 1956) 37 Minutes and 48 Seconds with Sonny Stitt (c.1956/57) Only the Blues (1957) Personal Appearance (1957) Sonny Stitt with the New Yorkers (1957) Burnin' (1958) Sonny Stitt (1958) The Saxophones of Sonny Stitt (1958) A Little Bit of Stitt (1959) Saxophone Supremacy (1959) Sonny Stitt Blows the Blues (1959) Sonny Stitt Plays Jimmy Giuffre Arrangements (1959) Sonny Stitt Sits in with the Oscar Peterson Trio (1959) Sonny Side Up (with Dizzy Gillespie and Sonny Rollins , Verve , 1959) Sonny Stitt Swings the Most (1959) The Hard Swing (1959) The Sonny Side of Stitt (1959) Previously Unreleased Recordings (1960) Sonny Side Up (Roost , 1960) Stittsville (1960) Stitt in Orbit (1960–62) Sonny Stitt at the D. J. Lounge (1961) The Sensual Sound of Sonny Stitt (1961) Feelin's (1962) Low Flame (1962) Rearin' Back (1962) Sonny Stitt & the Top Brass (1962) Stitt Meets Brother Jack (with "Brother" Jack McDuff , 1962) Move on Over (1963) My Mother's Eyes (1963) Now! (1963) Primitivo Soul! (1963) Salt and Pepper (and Paul Gonsalves , 1963) Soul Shack (with "Brother" Jack McDuff, 1963) Stitt Goes Latin (1963) Stitt Plays Bird (1963) My Main Man (and Bennie Green , 1964) Shangri-La (with Don Patterson , 1964) Sax Expressions (1965) Sonny Stitt / Live at Ronnie Scott's (with Dick Morrissey , 1965) Soul People (with Booker Ervin and Don Patterson, 1964–69) Broadway Soul (1965) Inter-Action (and Zoot Sims , 1965) Night Crawler (with Don Patterson, 1965) Pow! (with Bennie Green, 1965) The Matadors Meet the Bull (1965) Deuces Wild (1966) I Keep Comin' Back! (1966) Soul in the Night (and Bunky Green , 1966) What's New!!! (1966) Parallel-a-Stitt (1967) Little Green Apples (1968) Soul Electricity! (1968) Come Hither (1969) Night Letter (1969) Black Vibrations (1971) Turn It On! (1971) 12! (1972) Constellation (1972) Goin' Down Slow (1972) Tune-Up! (1972) Mr. Bojangles (1973) The Champ (1973) Satan (1974) Blues for Duke (1975) Dumpy Mama (1975) Mellow (1975) My Buddy: Sonny Stitt Plays for Gene Ammons (1975) Forecast: Sonny & Red (with Red Holloway , 1976) I Remember Bird (1978) Stomp Off Let's Go (1976) Sonny Stitt with Strings: A Tribute to Duke Ellington (1977) In Style (1981) The Last Sessions (1982) AndGene Ammons WithDizzy Gillespie WithDon Patterson With others
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader or co-leader WithSonny Stitt With others