Sonny Stitt

First Name:

Sonny

Last Name:

Stitt

Skills/Instrument:

alto saxophone

tenor saxophone

Gender:

Date of Birth:

February 2, 1924

Birthplace:

Boston, MA

Ethnicity:

African/African Descent

Activities

sessions

Dizzy Gillespie May 15, 1946 - Session

05/15/1946

Dizzy Gillespie June 26-27, 1946 - Session

06/01/1946 - 06/27/1946

Dizzy Gillespie July 6, 1946 - Session

07/06/1946

Dizzy Gillespie July 9, 1946 - Session

07/09/1946

Kenny Dorham, Sonny Stitt August 23, 1946 - Session

08/23/1946

Dizzy Gillespie Late 1946 - Session

09/01/1946 - 12/31/1946

Sonny Stitt September 4, 1946 - Session

09/04/1946

Kenny Clarke September 5, 1946 - Session

09/05/1946

Fats Navarro, Gil Fuller September 6, 1946 - Session

09/06/1946

Miles Davis October 5, 1946 - Session

10/05/1946

Miles Davis October 6, 1946 - Session

10/06/1946

Miles Davis December 24, 1949 - Session

12/24/1949

Johnny Richards March 18, 1953 - Session

03/18/1953

Charlie Parker, Max Roach Summer 1953 - Session

06/01/1953 - 08/01/1953

Johnny Richards November 16, 1953 - Session

11/16/1953

Dizzy Gillespie and the Modern Jazz Sextet January 12, 1956 - Session

01/12/1956

Dizzy Gillespie October 16, 1956 - Session

10/16/1956

Dizzy Gillespie December 11, 1957 - Session

12/11/1957

Dizzy Gillespie December 19, 1957 - Session

12/19/1957

Dizzy Gillespie 1958 - Session

01/01/1958 - 12/31/1958

Sonny Stitt and Sal Salvador July 7, 1958 - Session

07/07/1958

Miles Davis September 27, 1960 - Session

09/27/1960

Miles Davis October 11, 1960 (1st Concert) - Session

10/11/1960

Miles Davis October 11, 1960 (2nd Concert) - Session

10/11/1960

Miles Davis October 13, 1960 (1st Concert) - Session

10/13/1960

Miles Davis October 13, 1960 (2nd Concert) - Session

10/13/1960

Sonny Stitt February-April 1962 - Session

02/01/1962 - 04/30/1962

Gene Ammons & Sonny Stitt February 18, 1962 - Session

02/18/1962

Sonny Stitt April 4, 1962 - Session

04/04/1962

Sonny Stitt May 14, 1962 - Session

05/14/1962

Sonny Stitt March 19, 1964 - Session

03/19/1964

Dizzy Gillespie 1969 - Session

01/01/1969 - 12/31/1969

Giants of Jazz (Minton's Playhouse All-Stars) October 31, 1971 - Session

10/31/1971

Giants of Jazz November 2, 1971 - Session

11/02/1971

Giants of Jazz November 4, 1971 - Session

11/04/1971

Giants of Jazz November 7, 1971 - Session

11/07/1971

Giants of Jazz November 9, 1971 - Session

11/09/1971

Giants of Jazz November 10, 1971 - Session

11/10/1971

Giants of Jazz November 12, 1971 - Session

11/12/1971

Giants of Jazz November 14, 1971 (A) - Session

11/14/1971

Giants of Jazz November 14, 1971 (B) - Session

11/14/1971

Billy Eckstine July 1, 1972 - Session

07/01/1972

Giants of Jazz July 8, 1972 - Session

07/08/1972

Giants of Jazz October 27, 1972 (A) - Session

10/27/1972

Giants of Jazz October 27, 1972 (B) - Session

10/27/1972

Giants of Jazz October 28, 1972 - Session

10/28/1972

Giants of Jazz October 29, 1972 - Session

10/29/1972

Giants of Jazz November 5, 1972 - Session

11/05/1972

Giants of Jazz November 9, 1972 (A) - Session

11/09/1972

Giants of Jazz November 9, 1972 (B) - Session

11/09/1972

Giants of Jazz November 11, 1972 - Session

11/11/1972

Giants of Jazz November 12, 1972 - Session

11/12/1972

Giants of Jazz November 13, 14 or 15, 1972 - Session

11/13/1972 - 11/15/1972

Dizzy Gillespie October 28, 1974 - Session

10/28/1974

Dizzy Gillespie November 15, 1974 - Session

11/15/1974

Dizzy Gillespie November 19, 1974 - Session

11/19/1974

Dizzy Gillespie May 19 & 20, 1975 - Session

05/19/1975 - 05/20/1975

Art Blakey July 16, 1963 - Session

07/16/2011

tracks (personnel variances from session for individual track)

A Night in Tunisia - Track

All the Things You Are - Track

Anythin' - Track

Ballad Medley: I'm Through With Love/The Nearness of You/Moonlight in Vermont/Summertime - Track

Ballad Medley: What's New?/Old Folks/How Deep Is the Ocean - Track

Blue 'n' Boogie - Track

Blues Back - Track

Cafe - Track

Everything Happens to Me - Track

Goodnight Ladies - Track

Hollerin' the Blues - Track

If I Should Lose You - Track

Jelly, Jelly - Track

Just Knock On My Door - Track

Lady Be Good (a) - Track

Lady Be Good (b) - Track

Lover Man - Track

Low Flame - Track

Mama Don't Allow It - Track

Oo-bop-sh'bam - Track

Ornithology (Incomplete) - Track

Put Your Little Foot Right Out - Track

Silly Billy - Track

So What - Track

Star Dust - Track

Stretch Pants - Track

Summertime - Track

Sumphin' - Track

Sunday - Track

Sweet and Lovely - Track

The Song Is You - Track

Tin Tin Deo - Track

Unknown Title - Track

Unknown Title No. 1 (c) - Track

Unknown Title No. 2 (Charleston) (a) - Track

Unknown Title No. 2 (Charleston) (b) - Track

Walkin' - Track

Walkin' (incomplete) - Track

Wheatleigh Hall - Track

Why Was I Born? - Track

Issue Leader

Boss Tenors in Orbit! - issue-leader

Feelin's - issue-leader

Shangri-La - issue-leader

Sonny Stitt - Plays Johnny Richards & Live at Hi-Hat - issue-leader

Various - Newport Jazz Festival: Live (Unreleased Highlights From 1956, 1958, 1963) - issue-leader

Lyrics and/or Music

42639 - Song

Baby, Do You Ever Think of Me - Song

Blues for Bird - Song

Boppin' A Riff - Song

Cafe - Song

Everything's Cool - Song

Feelin's - Song

Good Kick - Song

Hollerin' the Blues - Song

Just Knock On My Door - Song

Look up - Song

Loose Walk - Song

Low Flame - Song

My New Baby - Song

Nightmare - Song

Pink Satin - Song

Seven Up - Song

Silly Billy - Song

Stretch Pants - Song

The Eternal One - Song

The Eternal Triangle - Song