Sonny Stitt Swings the Most

Sonny Stitt Swings the Most
Studio album by Sonny Stitt
Released	1960
Recorded	February 9 and December 21 & 23, 1959 New York City and Radio Recorder Studio in Los Angeles, California
Genre	Jazz
Label	Verve MG V-8380
Sonny Stitt chronology
Saxophone Supremacy (1959)Saxophone Supremacy1959 Sonny Stitt Swings the Most (1959) Sonny Stitt - Previously Unreleased Recordings (1960)Sonny Stitt - Previously Unreleased Recordings1960

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Allmusic	[1]

Sonny Stitt Swings the Most is an album by saxophonist Sonny Stitt recorded in 1959 and released on the Verve label.^[2]

Reception

The Allmusic site awarded the album 3 stars.^[1]

Track listing

All compositions by Sonny Stitt except as indicated

1. "Lonesome Road" (Nathaniel Shilkret, Gene Austin) - 4:04
2. "The Gypsy" (Billy Reid) - 4:03
3. "That's The Way To Be" - 2:08
4. "There Is No Greater Love" (Isham Jones, Marty Symes) - 5:02
5. "Jaunty" - 5:11
6. "Blue Sunday" - 3:24
7. "The Way You Look Tonight" (Dorothy Fields, Jerome Kern) - 5:02

• Recorded in New York City on February 9 (tracks 3 & 7) and in Los Angeles, California on December 21 (track 6) and December 23 (tracks 1, 2, 4 & 5), 1959

Personnel

• Sonny Stitt - alto saxophone, tenor saxophone track 7
• Lou Levy (tracks 1, 2 & 4-6), Amos Trice (tracks 3 & 7) - piano
• George Morrow (tracks 3 & 7), Leroy Vinnegar (tracks 1, 2 & 4-6) - bass
• Mel Lewis (tracks 1, 2 & 4-6), Lenny McBrowne (tracks 3 & 7) - drums

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