Soul Jazz from the fifties
Today THE SOUL OF SONNY STITT, the third and final episode of our series on tenor and alto saxophonist Sonny Stitt. In the 1960s Stitt experimented on the electric saxophone, driven by the Varitone and Gibson control panels. You will hear a selection of ‘electric’ Stitt with, among others, Mike Mainieri, Billy Butler, Don Patterson, Grant Green, Melvin Sparks, Walter Jones and Idris Muhammad. Very Vari!
Strike Up The Band (Soul Electricity, Prestige 1968)
Fever (What’s New, Roulette 1966)
Lullaby Of Birdland (I Keep Comin’ Back, Roulette 1966)
Swinging Shepherd Blues (I Keep Comin’ Back, Roulette 1966)
Satin Doll (Parallel-A-Stitt, Roulette 1967)
Bye Bye Blackbird (Parallel-A-Stitt, Roulette 1967)
Don Patterson, Walk On By (Brothers-4, Prestige 1969)
Don Patterson, St. Thomas (Donnybrook, Prestige 1969)
Bar-B-Q-Man (Turn It On, Prestige 1971)
Turn It On (Turn It On, Prestige 1971)
