In Walked Sonny

In Walked Sonny
Studio album by Sonny Stitt With Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers
Released 1975
Recorded May 16, 1975
New York City
Genre Jazz
Length 45:17 original LP
Label Sonet Records/Gazell Records
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Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers chronology

Anthenagin
(1973)
In Walked Sonny
(1975)
Backgammon
(1976)
Sonny Stitt chronology
Mellow
(1975)
In Walked Sonny
(1975)
The Bop Session
(1975)
Alternative cover
UK 1975 Vinyl

In Walked Sonny is an album by American jazz musicians Sonny Stitt and Art Blakey with his Jazz Messengers. It was released in 1975 on the small independent label Sonet Records and is among the most obscure recordings made by the musicians involved in the project.

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Track listing

  1. "Blues March" - 7:29
  2. "It Might as Well Be Spring" (Rodgers, Hammerstein) - 6:03
  3. "Birdlike" - 7:40
  4. "I Can't Get Started" (Gershwin, Duke) - 4:43
  5. "Ronnie's a Dynamite Lady" - 8:16
  6. "In Walked Sonny" - 11:06

Bonus tracks on CD reissue:

  1. "Birdlike" [Alternate Take] - 5:53
  2. "Ronnie's a Dynamite Lady" [Alternate Take] - 8:35

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