Sonny Stitt: Only The Blues (CD)

Sonny Stitt (1924-1982)

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Label:: Fresh Sound
Year of recording ca.:: 1957
Item number:: 9795867
UPC/EAN:: 8427328605632
Release date:: 16.11.2009

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Featuring: Sonny Stitt (as), Roy Eldridge (tp), Oscar Peterson (p), Herb Ellis (g), Ray Brown (b), Stan Levey (d)

This is Sonny Stitt’s album, and it shows. He is a master in full flight, communicating directly and deeply. Even when his style was closer to Charlie Parker’s, he always had a style of his own, driven by great melodic imagination and a technical flexibility unequaled among his peers.

Roy Eldridge, one of the undeniable greats in the history of jazz trumpet, plays explosively here, delivering well-constructed solos. The rhythm section, with Oscar Peterson, Ray Brown, Herb Ellis and Stan Levey, is superb. Peterson is at his best: his comping is sensitive, strong and varied, and his solos full of drive. On the original liner notes, Roy Eldridge said: “Oscar really knows to feel a guy, and when to really push him.”

Stitt, Roy and Oscar got a fantastic scene going that resulted in one of the most exciting jazz sessions ever recorded. (freshsoundrecords. com)