1973 studio album by Sonny Stitt
Mr. Bojangles Sonny Stitt recorded in 1973 and released on the Cadet label.[ 1]
Reception
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic [ 2]
Allmusic awarded the album 3½ stars stating "Mr. Bojangles pairs Sonny Stitt with arranger Don Sebesky for one of the smoothest and most mainstream-facing dates of the saxophonist's career. Sebesky's luminous treatments underscore the elegance of Stitt's soulful alto and tenor leads".[ 2]
Track listing
"Mr. Bojangles " (Jerry Jeff Walker ) - 7:31
"World Is a Ghetto " (Papa Dee Allen , Harold Brown , B.B. Dickerson , Lonnie Jordan , Charles Miller , Lee Oskar , Howard E. Scott ) - 6:56
"Killing Me Softly With His Song " (Charles Fox , Norman Gimbel ) - 4:41
"Blue Monsoon" (Esmond Edwards) - 5:06
"Got to Be There " (Elliot Willensky ) - 3:33
"Fifty Per Cent" (Sonny Stitt) - 3:38
"Ben " (Donald Black , Walter Scharf ) - 4:56
Personnel
Sonny Stitt - alto saxophone , tenor saxophone Roland Hanna - electric piano Cornell Dupree - guitar Richard Davis - electric bass Jimmy Johnson - drums
George Marge - alto flute , oboe
Jimmy Buffington - French Horn Gloria Agostini - harp
Phil Kraus - vibraphone , xylophone , percussion
Warren Smith - percussionDavid Nadien, Harold Kobain, Emmanuel Green, Gene Orloff, Paul Gershman, Harry Lookofsky, Joseph Malia - violin
Charles McCracken, George Ricci cello
Don Sebesky - arranger , conductor
References
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
As
Sonny Stitt/Bud Powell/J. J. Johnson Stitt's Bits Kaleidoscope Jazz at the Hi-Hat The Battle of Birdland Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis , 1954)Sonny Stitt Plays Arrangements from the Pen of Quincy Jones Sonny Stitt Plays New York Jazz For Musicians Only Dizzy Gillespie and Stan Getz , 1956)37 Minutes and 48 Seconds with Sonny Stitt Only the Blues Personal Appearance Sonny Stitt with the New Yorkers Burnin' Sonny Stitt The Saxophones of Sonny Stitt A Little Bit of Stitt Saxophone Supremacy Sonny Stitt Blows the Blues Sonny Stitt Plays Jimmy Giuffre Arrangements Sonny Stitt Sits in with the Oscar Peterson Trio Sonny Side Up Sonny Rollins , Verve , 1959)Sonny Stitt Swings the Most The Hard Swing The Sonny Side of Stitt Previously Unreleased Recordings Sonny Side Up Roost , 1960)Stittsville Stitt in Orbit Sonny Stitt at the D. J. Lounge The Sensual Sound of Sonny Stitt Feelin's Low Flame Rearin' Back Sonny Stitt & the Top Brass Stitt Meets Brother Jack "Brother" Jack McDuff , 1962)Move on Over My Mother's Eyes Now! Primitivo Soul! Salt and Pepper Paul Gonsalves , 1963)Soul Shack Stitt Goes Latin Stitt Plays Bird My Main Man Bennie Green , 1964)Shangri-La Don Patterson , 1964)Sax Expressions Sonny Stitt / Live at Ronnie Scott's Dick Morrissey , 1965)Soul People Booker Ervin and Don Patterson, 1964–69)Broadway Soul Inter-Action Zoot Sims , 1965)Night Crawler Pow! The Matadors Meet the Bull Deuces Wild I Keep Comin' Back! Soul in the Night Bunky Green , 1966)What's New!!! Parallel-a-Stitt Little Green Apples Soul Electricity! Come Hither Night Letter Black Vibrations Turn It On! 12! Constellation Goin' Down Slow Tune-Up! Mr. Bojangles The Champ Satan Blues for Duke Dumpy Mama Mellow My Buddy: Sonny Stitt Plays for Gene Ammons Forecast: Sonny & Red Red Holloway , 1976)I Remember Bird Stomp Off Let's Go Sonny Stitt with Strings: A Tribute to Duke Ellington In Style The Last Sessions AndGene WithDizzy WithDon With
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