Prestige

Stitt's Bits, Vol. 2

Sonny Stitt

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Recorded	1969
Label	Prestige
Catalog	PR 7612
Released	1969
Personnel	23 credited players
Discogs	master 958664

The record

A compilation, and the credits show it: Stitt is listed on alto, tenor and baritone across fourteen sides, with Gene Ammons also on baritone, Art Blakey, Shadow Wilson and Teddy Stewart splitting the drums, Junior Mance one of four pianists, and Larry Townsend singing somewhere in there. 'Cherokee', 'Cool Mambo', 'For The Fat Man'. Don Schlitten produced the reissue; Bob Porter's notes are dated Aug. 1968.

Tracks

Cherokee
Nevertheless
Jeepers Creepers
Imagination
The Thrill Off Your Kiss
If The Moon Turns Green
P.S. I Love You
This Can't Be Love
Stitt's It
Cool Mambo
Blue Mambo
Sonny Sounds
Down With It
For The Fat Man

Session personnel

Sonny Stitt — Alto Saxophone
Gene Ammons — Baritone Saxophone
Sonny Stitt — Baritone Saxophone
Earl May — Bass
Ernie Shepard — Bass
Eugene Wright — Bass
Humberto Morales — Congas
Art Blakey — Drums
Shadow Wilson — Drums
Teddy Stewart — Drums
Bob Porter — Liner Notes [Aug. 1968]
William "PoPsie" Randolph — Photography By
Charles Bateman — Piano
Clarence Anderson — Piano
John Houston — Piano
Junior Mance — Piano
Don Schlitten — Reissue Producer, Design
Sonny Stitt — Tenor Saxophone
Alfred "Chippy" Outcalt — Trombone
Bill Massey — Trumpet
Joe Newman — Trumpet
John Hunt — Trumpet
Larry Townsend — Vocals

Contemporary reception

No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.

Pressings

1969	Prestige · PR 7612 — Vinyl LP Compilation Stereo Remastered earliest on file
1973	Prestige · PR 7612 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo
—	Prestige · PR 7612 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo