Artist: Sonny Stitt

Sonny Stitt
Aliases
Lord Nelson & His Boppers
Sonny Stitt & The Top Brass
Sonny Stitt & the Top Brass
Sonny Stitt Band
Sonny Stitt Quartet
Sonny Stitt and His Quartet
Sonny Stitt with the New Yorkers
The Sonny Stitt Quartet
Real name
Edward Stitt
Born
February 2, 1924
Died
July 22, 1982
Country
United States
Comments
Jazz saxophonist. He originally played exclusively alto, but grew tired of charges that he was a Charlie Parker imitator, and although he never abandoned the alto, starting in 1950, he began to play and record on tenor.

Performances

Originals

Title down Performer Release date Covered by
1 Sonny Side Sonny Stitt and Bud Powell 1951 (4 artists)

Covers

Title down Performer Release date Originally by
1 'Round Midnight Sonny Stitt, Sadik Hakim 1978 Cootie Williams and his Orchestra
2 12th Street Rag The Sonny Stitt Quartet 1956 Earl Fuller's Rector Novelty Orchestra
3 After Hours Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Stitt, Sonny Rollins 1958 Erskine Hawkins & His Orchestra
4 After You've Gone The Sonny Stitt Quartet 1959 Henry Burr & Albert Campbell
5 After You've Gone Sonny Stitt Band 1950 Henry Burr & Albert Campbell
6 Ain't Misbehaven Sonny Stitt 1950 Margaret Simms & Paul Bass
7 Alexander's Ragtime Band Don Patterson with Sonny Stitt 1970 Emma Carus
8 All God's Chidren (Got Rhythm) Sonny Stitt Quartet 1950 Ivie Anderson
9 All God's Children Got Rhythm Sonny Stitt, Sadik Hakim 1978 Ivie Anderson
10 All God's Chillun Got Rhythm Sonny Stitt With Red Holloway 1976 Ivie Anderson
11 All God's Chillun Got Rhythm Sonny Stitt With Don Patterson 1966 Ivie Anderson
12 All of Me The Sonny Stitt Quartet 1960 Belle Baker
13 Alone Together The Sonny Stitt Quartet 1956 Clifton Webb
14 Am I Blue? Sonny Stitt 1959 Ethel Waters
15 Angel Eyes Sonny Stitt 1960 Herb Jeffries With Buddy Baker and His Orchestra
16 Au Privave Sonny Stitt 1964 Charlie Parker & His Orchestra
17 Au Privave Sonny Stitt with The Oscar Peterson Trio 1959 Charlie Parker & His Orchestra
18 Autumn in New York The Sonny Stitt Quartet 1959 J. Harold Murray
19 Back in Your Own Backyard Sonny Stitt 1959 Ruth Etting
20 Beale Street Blues Sonny Stitt 1968 Prince's Band
21 Bebop Stan Getz, Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Stitt 1956 Dizzy Gillespie, Don Byas, Trummy Young, Shelly Manne, Clyde Hart, Oscar Pettiford
22 Because of You Sonny Stitt 1957 Ann Dvorak
23 Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea The Sonny Stitt Quartet 1956 Aida Ward
24 Blue Moon Sonny Stitt 1957 Shirley Ross
25 Blue and Sentimental Sonny Stitt 1977 Count Basie and His Orchestra
26 Body and Soul Sonny Stitt 1977 Ambrose and His Orchestra
27 Body and Soul Milt Jackson, Sonny Stitt 1964 Ambrose and His Orchestra
28 Body and Soul Gene Ammons & Sonny Stitt 1971 Ambrose and His Orchestra
29 But Not for Me Sonny Stitt 1957 Ginger Rogers & Willie Howard
30 Bye Bye Blackbird Gene Ammons & Sonny Stitt 1973 Sam Lanin's Dance Orchestra
31 C Jam Blues The Sonny Stitt Quartet 1974 Duke Ellington Orchestra
32 California Soul Sonny Stitt 1969 The Messengers
33 Cherokee Sonny Stitt and His Quartet 1951 Ray Noble and His Orchestra
34 Cocktails for Two Sonny Stitt 1959 Carl Brisson
35 Come Rain or Come Shine Sonny Stitt, Quincy Jones 1956 Ruby Hill, Harold Nicholas
36 Confessin' Sonny Stitt 1952 Chester Gaylord
37 Confirmation Sonny Stitt 1964 Dizzy Gillespie Jazzmen
38 Dancing on the Ceiling Sonny Stitt 1958 Jessie Matthews
39 Day by Day Sonny Stitt 1960 Frank Sinatra
40 Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me The Sonny Stitt Quartet 1974 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Al Hibbler - Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
41 Don't Get Around Much Anymore The Sonny Stitt Quartet 1974 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
42 Don't Take Your Love From Me Sonny Stitt 1959 Mildred Bailey
43 Don't Worry 'Bout Me Sonny Stitt 1960 Cab Calloway
44 East of the Sun (And West of the Moon) The Sonny Stitt Quartet 1959 The Princeton University Triangle Club
45 Easy Living The Sonny Stitt Quartet 1959 Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra
46 Easy to Love Sonny Stitt, Sadik Hakim 1978 James Stewart
47 Easy to Love The Sonny Stitt Quartet 1959 James Stewart
48 Embraceable You Sonny Stitt 1960 Ginger Rogers & Allan Kearns
49 Flyin' Home Sonny Stitt 1978 Benny Goodman Sextet
50 For All We Know Sonny Stitt 1959 Morton Downey
51 For Once in My Life Sonny Stitt 1969 Barbara McNair
52 Frankie and Johnny Sonny Stitt 1960 The Leighton Brothers
53 Gentle on My Mind Sonny Stitt 1969 John Hartford
54 Gimme Gimme Good Lovin' Sonny Stitt 1969 Crazy Elephant
55 Girl Watcher Sonny Stitt 1968 Ginger Thompson
56 Good Bait Don Patterson with Sonny Stitt 1970 Dizzy Gillespie and His All Stars
57 Harlem Nocturne Sonny Stitt 1957 Ray Noble and His Orchestra Featuring Jack Dumont, Alto Sax
58 Hello, Dolly Sonny Stitt 1965 Carol Channing and David Hartman
59 How High the Moon Sonny Stitt 1960 Frances Comstock & Alfred Drake
60 I Can't Give You Anything but Love Sonny Stitt with The Oscar Peterson Trio 1959 Aida Ward and Willard McLean
61 I Cried For You (Now It's Your Turn to Cry Over Me) Sonny Stitt 1960 Benny Krueger and His Orchestra
62 I Didn't Know What Time It Was Sonny Stitt with the New Yorkers 1957 Marcy Westcott and Richard Kollmar
63 I Got Rhythm The Sonny Stitt Quartet 1959 Ethel Merman
64 I Know That You Know Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Stitt, Sonny Rollins 1958 Beatrice Lillie
65 I Know That You Know The Sonny Stitt Quartet 1956 Beatrice Lillie
66 I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart The Sonny Stitt Quartet 1974 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
67 I Remember Bird Sonny Stitt 1977
68 I Say a Little Prayer Sonny Stitt 1968 Dionne Warwick
69 I Want to Be Happy Sonny Stitt 1950 Carl Fenton and His Orchestra
70 I Want to Be Happy Sonny Stitt and Bud Powell 1951 Carl Fenton and His Orchestra
71 I'll Be Seeing You Sonny Stitt 1959 Tamara
72 I'll Remember April Sonny Stitt with The Oscar Peterson Trio 1959 Dick Foran
73 I'll Remember April The Sonny Stitt Quartet 1959 Dick Foran
74 I'm Beginning to See the Light The Sonny Stitt Quartet 1974 Harry James and His Orchestra
75 I'm Getting Sentimental Over You Sonny Stitt With Red Holloway 1976 The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra
76 I'm Gonna Make You Love Me Sonny Stitt 1969 Dee Dee Warwick
77 I'm in the Mood for Love Sonny Stitt 1978 Frances Langford
78 I've Got the World on a String Sonny Stitt 1961 Aida Ward
79 If I Should Lose You Sonny Stitt 1957 Gladys Swarthout & John Boles
80 If You Could See Me Now Sonny Stitt, Quincy Jones 1956 Sarah Vaughan
81 Imagination Sonny Stitt and His Quartet 1951 Jan Savitt & His Orchestra
82 In a Little Spanish Town Sonny Stitt 1959 Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra
83 Indiana Sonny Stitt 1978 Conway's Band
84 It Could Happen to You Sonny Stitt 1960 Fred MacMurray & Dorothy Lamour
85 It Don't Mean a Thing The Sonny Stitt Quartet 1974 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
86 It Had to Be You The Sonny Stitt Quartet 1959 The Ambassadors [2]
87 It Might as Well Be Spring Sonny Stitt with the New Yorkers 1957 Louanne Hogan
88 It's You or No One The Sonny Stitt Quartet 1960 Doris Day
89 Just Friends The Sonny Stitt Quartet 1960 Red McKenzie & His Orchestra
90 Just Friends Sonny Stitt With Red Holloway 1976 Red McKenzie & His Orchestra
91 Just You, Just Me Sonny Stitt 1958 Lawrence Gray
92 Ko Ko Sonny Stitt 1960 Charlie Parker Bebop Boys
93 Laura Sonny Stitt 1959 Emil Newman
94 Lazy Bones The Sonny Stitt Quartet 1960 Glen Gray and The Casa Loma Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Walter Hunt
95 Lester Leaps In Sonny Stitt With Red Holloway 1976 Kansas City Seven
96 Little Girl Blue Sonny Stitt, Sadik Hakim 1978 Gloria Grafton
97 Little Green Apples Sonny Stitt 1968 Roger Miller
98 Liza Sonny Stitt Quartet 1951 Nick Lucas and Ruby Keeler
99 Look for the Silver Lining Sonny Stitt 1960 Marilyn Miller and Irving Fisher
100 Love Walked In Sonny Stitt, Quincy Jones 1956 Kenny Baker
101 Lover Sonny Stitt, Quincy Jones 1956 Jeanette MacDonald
102 Lover Sonny Stitt 1996 Jeanette MacDonald
103 Lover Man Sonny Stitt 1960 Billie Holiday
104 MacArthur Park Sonny Stitt 1970 Richard Harris
105 Mean to Me Sonny Stitt 1951 Annette Hanshaw Accompanied By New England Yankees
106 Memories of You Sonny Stitt 1960 Minto Cato
107 Mendocino Sonny Stitt 1969 Sir Douglas Quintet
108 Moten Swing Sonny Stitt with The Oscar Peterson Trio 1959 Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra
109 My Blue Heaven Sonny Stitt 1961 Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra
110 My Funny Valentine Sonny Stitt, Quincy Jones 1956 Mitzi Green
111 My Little Suede Shoes Sonny Stitt 1964 Charlie Parker Plays South of the Border
112 My Melancholy Baby Sonny Stitt 1957 William Frawley
113 Night Song Sonny Stitt 1965 Sammy Davis Jr.
114 On Green Dolphin Street Sonny Stitt 1961 Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra
115 On a Misty Night Sonny Stitt & The Top Brass 1962 Tadd Dameron with John Coltrane
116 On a Slow Boat to China Sonny Stitt 1959 Benny Goodman and His Orchestra
117 On the Sunny Side of the Street Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Stitt, Sonny Rollins 1958 Harry Richman
118 One O'clock Jump Sonny Stitt 1996 Count Basie and His Orchestra
119 Ornithology Sonny Stitt 1964 Charlie Parker Septet
120 Out of This World Sonny Stitt 1970 Jo Stafford with Paul Weston and His Orchestra
121 Parker's Mood Sonny Stitt 1964 Charlie Parker's Allstars
122 Pennies From Heaven Sonny Stitt 1977 Bing Crosby
123 People Will Say We're in Love Sonny Stitt with the New Yorkers 1957 Alfred Drake & Joan Roberts
124 Perdido The Sonny Stitt Quartet 1974 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
125 Perdido Sonny Stitt and Paul Gonsalves 1963 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
126 Poinciana Sonny Stitt & The Top Brass 1962 Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra
127 Red Top Sonny Stitt 1960 Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra
128 S'posin' Sonny Stitt and Paul Gonsalves 1963 Bob Haring & His Orchestra
129 Scrapple From the Apple Sonny Stitt with The Oscar Peterson Trio 1959 Charlie Parker Quintet
130 Scrapple From the Apple Sonny Stitt 1957 Charlie Parker Quintet
131 Skylark Sonny Stitt 1960 Gene Krupa & his Orchestra
132 Sophisticated Lady The Sonny Stitt Quartet 1974 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
133 Star Eyes Sonny Stitt 1959 Helen O'Connell and Bob Eberly With Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra
134 Star Eyes Sonny Stitt With Don Patterson 1966 Helen O'Connell and Bob Eberly With Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra
135 Stardust Sonny Stitt, Quincy Jones 1956 Hoagy Carmichael & His Pals
136 Stardust Sonny Stitt and Paul Gonsalves 1963 Hoagy Carmichael & His Pals
137 Stardust Milt Jackson, Sonny Stitt 1964 Hoagy Carmichael & His Pals
138 Stars Fell on Alabama The Sonny Stitt Quartet 1956 Guy Lombardo's Royal Canadians
139 Street of Dreams The Sonny Stitt Quartet 1959 Bing Crosby
140 Strike Up the Band Sonny Stitt and Bud Powell 1951 Max Hoffman
141 Summertime Sonny Stitt 1970 Abbie Mitchell
142 Sweet Georgia Brown Sonny Stitt 1957 Ben Bernie and His Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra
143 Taking a Chance on Love Sonny Stitt and Bud Powell 1951 Ethel Waters
144 Tangerine Sonny Stitt With Don Patterson 1966 Bob Eberly, Helen O'Connell, and Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra
145 The Best Things in Life Are Free Sonny Stitt with the New Yorkers 1957 Mary Lawlor and John Price Jones
146 The Birth of the Blues Sonny Stitt 1960 Irving Abrams & His Orchestra
147 The More I See You Sonny Stitt 1961 Dick Haymes
148 The Nearness of You Sonny Stitt 1957 Chick Bullock & His Orchestra
149 The Way You Look Tonight The Sonny Stitt Quartet 1959 Fred Astaire
150 The Way You Look Tonight Sonny Stitt With Red Holloway 1976 Fred Astaire
151 Them There Eyes Sonny Stitt 1959 Gus Arnheim and His Coconut Grove Orchestra
152 There Will Never Be Another You Sonny Stitt 1957 John Payne & Joan Merrill
153 They Can't Take That Away From Me Sonny Stitt 1996 Fred Astaire
154 They Say It's Wonderful Sonny Stitt 1996 Ethel Merman & Ray Middleton
155 This Can't Be Love Sonny Stitt 1953 Eddie Albert & Marcy Westcott
156 This Is Always Sonny Stitt 1958
157 Thou Swell Sonny Stitt 1977 William Gaxton & Costance Carpenter
158 Tune Up The Sonny Stitt Quartet 1959 The Miles Davis Quartet
159 Walk on By Don Patterson with Sonny Stitt 1970 Dionne Warwick
160 Watch What Happens Sonny Stitt 1977 Georges Blaness
161 What Is This Thing Called Love? Sonny Stitt 1957 Elsie Carlisle
162 What's New The Sonny Stitt Quartet 1959 Bob Crosby and His Orchestra
163 When I Grow Too Old to Dream Sonny Stitt 1961 Ramon Novarro & Evelyn Laye
164 When You're Smiling Sonny Stitt 1959 Seger Ellis
165 When the Red, Red, Robin Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin' Along Sonny Stitt 1959 Jack Smith [1]
166 Who Can I Turn To? Sonny Stitt With Don Patterson 1966 Norman Wisdom
167 Wichita Lineman Sonny Stitt 1969 Glen Campbell
168 Yesterdays Sonny Stitt 1957 Fay Templeton
169 You Are the Sunshine of My Life Sonny Stitt, Sadik Hakim 1978 Stevie Wonder
170 You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To The Sonny Stitt Quartet 1959 Don Ameche & Janet Blair
171 You'd Better Love Me Sonny Stitt 1965 Tammy Grimes

Songs written by

Original songs

Title down Written by Covered by
1 Sonny Side Sonny Stitt (4 artists)

Releases

Audio album

Title down Performer Release date Label
1 37 Minutes and 48 Seconds Sonny Stitt 1957 Roost
2 A Little Bit of Stitt Sonny Stitt 1959 Roost
3 Broadway Soul Sonny Stitt 1965 Colpix
4 Brothers 4 Don Patterson with Sonny Stitt 1970 Prestige
5 Burnin' Sonny Stitt 1960 Argo
6 Come Hither Sonny Stitt 1969 Solid State Records
7 Deep Roots - Sonny Stitt Meets Sadik Hakim Sonny Stitt, Sadik Hakim 1978 Progressive (Japan)
8 Donny Brook Don Patterson with Sonny Stitt 1970 Prestige
9 For Musicians Only Stan Getz, Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Stitt 1956 Verve
10 Forecast - Sonny & Red Sonny Stitt With Red Holloway 1976 Catalyst
11 The Hard Swing The Sonny Stitt Quartet 1959 Verve
12 I Remember Bird Sonny Stitt 1977 Catalyst
13 In the Beginning Milt Jackson, Sonny Stitt 1964 Galaxy
14 Jazz at the High Hat Vol 2 Sonny Stitt 1996 Roulette
15 Little Green Apples Sonny Stitt 1968 Solid State Records
16 Live at the Left Bank - God Bless Jug and Sonny Gene Ammons & Sonny Stitt 1973 Prestige
17 New York Jazz The Sonny Stitt Quartet 1956 Verve
18 Night Crawler Sonny Stitt With Don Patterson 1966 Prestige
19 Personal Appearance The Sonny Stitt Quartet 1959 Verve
20 Previously Unreleased Recordings The Sonny Stitt Quartet 1974 Verve
21 Salt and Pepper Sonny Stitt and Paul Gonsalves 1963 Impulse!
22 Saxophone Supremacy The Sonny Stitt Quartet 1960 Verve
23 The Saxophones of Sonny Stitt Sonny Stitt 1959 Roost
24 The Sonny Side of Stitt Sonny Stitt 1960 Roost
25 Sonny Side Up Sonny Stitt 1961 Roost
26 Sonny Side Up Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Stitt, Sonny Rollins 1958 Verve
27 Sonny Stitt Sonny Stitt 1958 Argo
28 Sonny Stitt Blows the Blues Sonny Stitt 1960 Verve
29 Sonny Stitt and Bud Powell Sonny Stitt and Bud Powell 1951 Prestige
30 Sonny Stitt Plays Sonny Stitt 1957 Roost
31 Sonny Stitt Plays Arrangements from the Pen of Quincy Jones Sonny Stitt, Quincy Jones 1956 Roost
32 Sonny Stitt Sits In With The Oscar Peterson Trio Sonny Stitt with The Oscar Peterson Trio 1959 Verve
33 Sonny Stitt & The Top Brass Sonny Stitt & The Top Brass 1962 Atlantic Records
34 Sonny Stitt With the New Yorkers Sonny Stitt with the New Yorkers 1957 Roost
35 Stitt Plays Bird Sonny Stitt 1964 Atlantic Records
36 Stittsville Sonny Stitt 1960 Roost
37 Super Stitt! Vol. 1 Sonny Stitt 1977 Phoenix Jazz
38 Super Stitt! Vol. 2 Sonny Stitt 1978 Phoenix Jazz
39 When Sonny Blows Blue Sonny Stitt 1970 Jamal
40 You Talk That Talk! Gene Ammons & Sonny Stitt 1971 Prestige

Audio single

Title down Performer Release date Label
1 After You've Gone Sonny Stitt Band 1950 Prestige
2 Ain't Misbehaven Sonny Stitt 1950 Prestige
3 All God's Children (Got Rhythm) Sonny Stitt Quartet 1950 Prestige
4 Confessin' Sonny Stitt 1952 Prestige
5 Down With It Sonny Stitt and His Quartet 1951 Prestige
6 Imagination Sonny Stitt and His Quartet 1951 Prestige
7 Little Green Apples Sonny Stitt 1968 Solid State Records
8 Liza Sonny Stitt Quartet 1951 Prestige
9 Stardust Lord Nelson & His Boppers 1948 Sensation
10 Strike Up the Band Sonny Stitt 1950 Prestige
11 This Can't Be Love Sonny Stitt 1953 Prestige

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