Voted best small group Album, 1972, by Downbeat Magazine
@vova4712 жыл бұрын
Me too, what a coincidence! I did not listen to him properly before because I was young and foolish enough to believe those people calling him mere Parker imitator. After hearing these albums I was properly hooked and grew to love Stitt even more with time, especially after hearing him on Dizzy's "Sonny Side Up".
@olebirgerpedersen Жыл бұрын
Thank god you became wiser.
@ghairraigh12 жыл бұрын
I gotta share a story. A few years ago, coming from the Chicago Jazz Fest where the Detroit Allstars appeared backing Betty Carter, I went to the Jazz Showcase to their crowded after-hours session. I was seated just off stage left behind the piano bench where a young Chicago wunderkind was playing. You should have seen the death rays shot at the kid by Charles McPherson and Phillip Guilbeau. As soon as their regular piano player showed, the kid was history.
@johnbresnik12 жыл бұрын
never cared for Stitt, but love Barry's work -- he's 82 now -- still playing in New York -- does weekly workshops. As a piano player, he's one of my inspirations. He even called me one time to comment on an exercise I have on youtube -- how many famous jazz players would do that? Barry did -- he's right at the top of my list.
@ghairraigh12 жыл бұрын
Maybe it was a little different. I first heard Stitt live and then went to buy one of his albums which turned out to be Constellation, considered to be among his best. Stitt lived in Chicago then and was perhaps taken a little for granted as a "local musician", but I soon learned of his stature and international fame. I was fortunate to hear him often at the Jazz Showcase, at least twice a year for the last ten years of his life, once with Eddie Jefferson, Richie Cole and Charles McPherson.
@olebirgerpedersen Жыл бұрын
You lucky guy.
@olebirgerpedersen Жыл бұрын
I only heard him live once in Copenhagen.
@realfellaz7 ай бұрын
Banger
@olebirgerpedersen Жыл бұрын
It seems to me that Stitt plays more freely when he plays with Barry Harris than with anybody else .
@shermancardenas15611 жыл бұрын
every fuckin thing that Sonny plays makes me feel extatic.......like John said, you can play a shoestring if you're sincere
@marksgmail665 жыл бұрын
I just love Sonny's phrasing and enthusiasm.
@vova4712 жыл бұрын
I met him and sat in with him in "Sweet Basil" (jazz club in NYC-no longer exists) and he was extremely nice and encouraging. Experience I shall never forget..
@purkasz12 жыл бұрын
Love hearing this tune. Used to see Sonny a lot at the old Parisian Room in Los Angeles in the 70's. Sure do miss his fire. Barry Harris is always a delight and Alan Dawson one of the best. Thanks for this Robert.
@epf196112 жыл бұрын
To John Bresnik "never cared for Stitt" !!!?? That's kind of like saying "never cared for a juicy porterhouse steak with garlic smashed potatoes"... I'm sure some folks would agree, but a whole lot more would think you're crazy! Stitt's playing is just that: Meat and potatoes: Honest, basic, full of taste and SATISFYING!
@theantiantihero11 жыл бұрын
That's some playing right there.
@nadinecohenjazzco13 жыл бұрын
Sonny Stitt was fantastic ....I love him.
@cldavis3310 жыл бұрын
Geez...such a nice piecing sound....
@vova4712 жыл бұрын
I already bought them, thank you, they have been among my favorites jazz albums since they came out first on Cobblestone label.
@morkus26 Жыл бұрын
Phrase at 2:27, what Charles McPherson called 'the snake'
@ghairraigh12 жыл бұрын
Tune Up and Constellation are available on a Double CD, two of my favorite Stitt albums.
Yeah, me too. By accident, those were the first Stitt albums I bought.
@nutmegdesigns13 жыл бұрын
loved this tune, thanks for sharing
@OdedFriedGaon11 жыл бұрын
beauty!
@vova4712 жыл бұрын
Yes,one must be that, no doubt.
@olebirgerpedersen Жыл бұрын
Everyone is inspired by Bird and we all own him a great deal, but if the peoble who can't hear the difference between Bird and Stitt have the right to judge, I' m getting off.
@thelabrooys7 жыл бұрын
Post Parker, the best altoist. Almost tenor like.
@nickvanamburg5 жыл бұрын
Stitt really doesn't sound too much like Bird to me, even on alto. His phrasing and tone are way different. Maybe he sounded more like Bird earlier on, and perhaps he drew from Bird, but who didn't? It's kind of a shame that he was often discounted on the grounds that he was a "clone" of Bird.
@maick952 жыл бұрын
it takes some time to shake off the feeling that he's just a clone of Bird, but once you discover how magnificent he was in terms of phrasing and tone, you cannot but be amazed when listening to his records.
@howardgibson3421 Жыл бұрын
Rest assured this giant/master was no one's clone.all of great alto,tenor player's took from bird, however stitt developed his own sound.
@MrThepopopopo Жыл бұрын
Yeah its interesting. I reckon even without Bird Sonny Still would have still made his mark.
@howardgibson3421 Жыл бұрын
@@MrThepopopopo Long before Sonny knew who Bird was he was making his mark in the music world as a youngster in Saginaw, Mich. Sonny came from a family of talent , his mother and father both taught music Sonny played in clubs in Saginaw, while he was still in high school .He was underage but he was so musically gifted , club owner''s allowed Sonny to perform anyway, hence, Sonny was well on his way to a musical career as a teenager.
@KO-gp7db11 күн бұрын
I agree with you. I listen to both of them and I don't think Sonny Stitt is a clone of Bird.
@vova4714 жыл бұрын
Love this album and Sonny and Barry in general. As I recently lost this album to a fire I wonder if you could upload "Tune Up". Thank you in advance!
@johnbresnik12 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your civil response -- some people on youtube are not nice people. I've got a thing about "sound." What does his or her playing "sound" like. I liked Chet Baker's sound (trumpet, not voice) and I liked Hank Mobley's sound. True, I was also listening to their improvisation, but "sound" was and is important to my ear (I've been playing jazz piano since 1955). I use my ears more than my fingers to find a good sound. I just didn't like Stitt's sound. My favorite alto? Phil Woods.
@cldavis337 жыл бұрын
I hear you. I worship Stitt man, but not really his sound. Sonny Rollin's same thing - incredible but his sound never resonated with me. Dexter Gordon,Adderley, Hank Mobley, Stan Getz...that' some' sound.'
@travelingman97636 жыл бұрын
Interesting opinion. Man, the sheer force of cats that had tell stories musically to me means they always have sounds all theirs! To me the Blues, swing and the above make real Jazz.
@jiyujizai2 жыл бұрын
😀🌱🌸💙
@andy376549 жыл бұрын
is this recording playing a 1/4 step higher or my imagination
@bossbert8 жыл бұрын
+andy37654 Not your imagination, it's a bit sharp but it's like this on the physical CD I have.
@musiclongboard7777 жыл бұрын
stitt always played sharp
@skimanization6 жыл бұрын
One day i read that Sonny Stitt met Charlie "Bird' parker somewhere in New York and asked "hey man, how do i sound like?'" "Well you just sound like me, nothing else", answered, Bird. " No, you sound like me", claimed Stitt. Ha-ha-haa...I think that's funny enough because as for me Stitt like other musicians was influenced by Charlie Parker and copied him. Charlie Parker was the master of melody, improvisation and saxophone virtuosity. Also a lot of white sax musicians copied him but couldn't really sound like him but Sonny Stitt really sounded like him on alto sax. That's my opinion.
Of course it's okay...You're talking to a bebop alto player, weaned on Bird.. In my opinion, Stitt took Bird's innovations to an even higher level-- he played cleaner, longer, better lines than Bird, and even added his own vocabulary of riffs and runs: Kind of like Bird on Steroids. So therefore, Stitt being one of my "idols", I must admit I was taken aback by your comment. You are entitled to your opinion and sorry if I offended you. BTW, which alto players DO you like?
@ghairraigh12 жыл бұрын
you must be a player just to be able to sit in like that.
@johnbresnik12 жыл бұрын
is it OK if I have an opinion?
@cldavis3310 жыл бұрын
This alto....poor Sonny was burdended by trying NOT to sound like Parker. Sonny was BETTER than Parker on melodic lines, history just hasn't caught up......Sonny is the master
@SELMER19479 жыл бұрын
Hum...Sonny Stitt is really great but better than Parker ??.... I would never say such a thing ! The genius of Parker was above everybody and Sonny, Cannonball, Phil Woods etc... knew it all better than everybody
@cldavis339 жыл бұрын
SELMER1947 Well, I hear you for sure my man. Parker was an absolute genius and more, a radial innovator at the time he lived in context of the jazz scene and melodic domain. I was recently researching these guys because of the similarities. They were only 4 yrs apart and met when they were like 19 and 23!!! They commented on their stylistic similarities. Parker is GOLD. I played and worshiped the Omnibook - I know Parker, LOL. Stitt's lines are just more melodic - it's a preference. But Sonny was a melodic and chordal GENIUS in every way. And he was playing this stuff with Dizzy in his early twenties???! Really man?! Damn. Sonny recorded over 100 albums and is the most prolific jazz recording artist in history. No idea why he isn't iconic in the public domain.
@exjazzbassbaz9 жыл бұрын
C Davis you and selmer1947 have good points and I think it comes down to personal preference.i am just in the parker camp just.but theres very little in it and I love cannonball pepper and woods and we are all reading the same score.good luck and keep swinging.many thanks.
@cldavis339 жыл бұрын
alterdestiny Yeah, honestly Parker, Stitt, Julius Aderly, Phil Woods - heck they are all amazing just amazing. When I hear Parker play Cherokee I always doubt my own opinion on anybody possibly being better, LOL. I stand corrected on better, there is really no better.
@ghairraigh8 жыл бұрын
+C Davis But... Stitt is playing tenor here...
@johnbresnik12 жыл бұрын
are you kidding? I've been married for 47 years and have five kids... straight as an arrow. how about you?
@epf196112 жыл бұрын
I don't believe that guy Strasser61.. I wonder, would he speak to you like that face-to-face? People are so confident when they can hide behind the anonymity of their computers.. If someone spoke to me that way in person, they'd end up in the hospital. Same holds for people in their cars-- giving me the finger out the window. Out of their cars and face-to-face, they're not so brave. I stop, & say "get out of your car and do that!" ..99% of the time they freak & speed away. F**** cowards!