Soul People

Soul People
Studio album by Sonny Stitt With Booker Ervin & Don Patterson
Released March-April 1965
Recorded August 25, 1964 (#1-5)
August 5, 1966 (#7)
September 15, 1969 (#6)
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs
Genre Jazz blues
Length 40:12 original LP
62:44 CD reissue
Label Prestige
PRLP 7372
Producer Ozzie Cadena (#1-5)
Bob Porter (#6)
Cal Lampley (#7)
Sonny Stitt With Booker Ervin & Don Patterson chronology
Alternative cover
1993 CD reissue

Soul People is an album by American saxophonists Sonny Stitt and Booker Ervin, and organist Don Patterson. Just like his previous Soul Shack, Soul People features heavily blues-drenched jazz. The original album was recorded in 1964 and issued on Prestige in early 1965. In 1993, it was reissued on CD by Prestige, featuring three additional tracks.

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Track listing

Original LP

  1. "Soul People" (Stitt) - 9:59
  2. "Sonny's Book" (Stitt) - 8:57
  3. ""C" Jam Blues" (Ellington) - 10:00
  4. "Medley: I Can't Get Started / The Masquerade Is Over" - 11:16

Bonus tracks on CD reissue:

  1. "Flying Home" (Goodman, Hampton, Robin) - 10:13
  2. "Tune-Up (Davis) - 4:26
  3. "There Will Never Be Another You" (Gordon, Warren) - 7:53
Tracks 1-5 recorded August 25, 1964; #6 on September 15, 1969; #7 on August 5, 1966. Tracks 5-6 previously issued on Don Patterson's Tune Up! (PRLP 7852).

Personnel

Tracks 1-5

Track 6

Track 7

References

  1. ^ {{Soul People at Allmusic