The Sensual Sound of Sonny Stitt

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The Sensual Sound of Sonny Stitt
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Studio album by Sonny Stitt
Released 1961
Recorded March 6 & 7, 1961
New York City
Genre Jazz
Label Verve
V/V6 8451
Sonny Stitt chronology
Sonny Side Up
(1960)Sonny Side Up1960
The Sensual Sound of Sonny Stitt
(1961)
Sonny Stitt at the D. J. Lounge
(1961)Sonny Stitt at the D. J. Lounge1961
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3/5 stars[1]
Down Beat 4/5 stars[2]

The Sensual Sound of Sonny Stitt is an album by saxophonist Sonny Stitt performing with Ralph Burns' orchestra recorded in 1961 and released on the Verve label.[3]

Reception

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

Track listing

All compositions by Sonny Stitt except as indicated

  1. "Try a Little Tenderness" (Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly, Harry M. Woods) - 3:21
  2. "Back to My Home Town" - 3:16
  3. "All of You" (Cole Porter) - 3:37
  4. "I Never Felt That Way" -
  5. "World Really Isn't" - 2:55
  6. "They Say It's Wonderful" (Irving Berlin) - 3:18
  7. "Time After Time" (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) - 3:48
  8. "I Love You" (Porter) - 3:05
  9. "Once in a While" (Michael Edwards, Bud Green) - 3:31
  10. "Talk to Me" (Stanley Kahan, Eddie Snyder, Rudy Vallée) - 3:11

Personnel

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Allmusic Review accessed January 7, 2013
  2. Down Beat: May 24, 1962 vol. 29, no. 11
  3. Verve Records Catalog: 8400 series accessed November 26, 2015