Jazz at the Hi-Hat

Jazz at the Hi-Hat
Live album by Sonny Stitt
Released 1955
Recorded February 11, 1954
The Hi-Hat, Boston, Massachusetts
Genre Jazz
Label Roost
RLP 418
Producer Teddy Reig
Sonny Stitt chronology
Kaleidoscope
(1950-52)
Jazz at the Hi-Hat
(1954)
The Battle of Birdland
(1954)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Jazz at the Hi-Hat is a live album by saxophonist Sonny Stitt and Eddie Davis recorded in Boston in 1954 and originally released on the Roost label as a four track 10 inch LP.[2] The original album has been expanded with additional material and released on CD in two volumes.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states, "this CD gives one a good all-around sampling of early Sonny Stitt".[1]

Track listing

All compositions by Sonny Stitt except as indicated

Volume 1:

  1. "Blue and Sentimental" (Count Basie, Mack David, Jerry Livingston) - 3:08
  2. "Thou Swell" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers)
  3. "Every Tub" (Basie, Eddie Durham)
  4. "Pennies from Heaven" (Johnny Burke, Arthur Johnston)
  5. "Sweet Georgia Brown" (Ben Bernie, Kenneth Casey, Maceo Pinkard) - 5:00 additional track on CD release
  6. "I'm in the Mood for Love" (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh) - 4:43 additional track on CD release
  7. "Tri-Horn Blues" additional track on CD release
  8. "If I Should Lose You" (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) - 4:43 additional track on CD release
  9. "(Back Home Again In) Indiana" (James F. Hanley, Ballard MacDonald) - 5:04 additional track on CD release
  10. "Wigwam" - 2:53 additional track on CD release
  11. "My Melancholy Baby" (Ernie Burnett, George Norton) additional track on CD release
  12. "Flying Home" (Benny Goodman, Lionel Hampton, Sydney Robin) - 3:14 additional track on CD release

Volume 2:

  1. "S.O.S. (Columbus Avenue Rhythm)" - 8:06
  2. "Rockin' at the Hi-Hat" - 2:23
  3. "(Back Home Again In) Indiana" (Hanley, MacDonald) - 3:14
  4. "They Can't Take That Away from Me" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 4:24
  5. "Lover" (Hart, Rodgers) - 3:04
  6. "Flying Home" (Goodman, Hampton, Robin) - 2:55
  7. "Mass Ave. Swing" - 2:29
  8. "They Say It's Wonderful" (Irving Berlin) - 2:10
  9. "One O'Clock Jump" (Basie, Durham) - 12:22
  10. "Jeepers Creepers" (Johnny Mercer, Harry Warren) - 4:16
  11. "Baritone Blues" - 4:01
  12. "How High the Moon" (Nancy Hamilton, Morgan Lewis) - 6:10
  13. "Body and Soul" (Frank Eyton, Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour) - 3:53
  14. "If I Had You" (Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly, Ted Shapiro) - 1:59
  15. "Jumpin' With Symphony Sid" (Lester Young) - 2:42

Personnel

References

  1. 1 2 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed January 2, 2013
  2. Edwards, D. & Callahan, M. Royal Roost/Roost Album Discography accessed January 2, 2013
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Wednesday, November 04, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.