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New York Jazz

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New York Jazz
Studio album by
Released1956
RecordedSeptember 14, 1956
Fine Sound, New York City
GenreJazz
Length46:00
LabelVerve
MGV 8219
ProducerNorman Granz
Sonny Stitt chronology
Sonny Stitt Plays
(1955)
New York Jazz
(1956)
For Musicians Only
(1956)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Disc[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[2]

New York Jazz is an album by saxophonist Sonny Stitt recorded in 1956 and originally released on the Verve label.[3]

Track listing

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All compositions by Sonny Stitt except as indicated

  1. "Norman's Blues" – 2:43
  2. "I Know That You Know" (Anne Caldwell, Vincent Youmans) – 4:29
  3. "If I Had You" (Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly, Ted Shapiro) – 6:19
  4. "Alone Together" (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) – 4:54
  5. "Twelfth Street Rag" (Euday L. Bowman) – 3:34
  6. "Down Home Blues (Funky Blues)" – 5:13
  7. "Sonny's Tune" – 5:32
  8. "Stars Fell on Alabama" (Mitchell Parish, Frank Perkins) – 4:11
  9. "Body and Soul" (Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton, Johnny Green) – 4:31
  10. "Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) – 4:37

Personnel

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Performance

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References

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  1. ^ Hall, Tony (23 August 1958). "Sonny Stitt Quartet: New York Jazz". Disc. No. 29. p. 15.
  2. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1346. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  3. ^ Verve Records Discography accessed January 3, 2013