Burnin' (Sonny Stitt album) explained

Burnin'
Type:	studio
Artist:	Sonny Stitt
Cover:	Burnin_Stitt.jpg
Released:	Early May 1960^[1]
Recorded:	August 1, 1958 Chicago
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	37:58
Label:	Argo 661
Prev Title:	Sonny Stitt
Prev Year:	1958
Next Title:	The Hard Swing
Next Year:	1959

Burnin is a live album by American saxophonist Sonny Stitt, recorded in 1958 in Chicago but not released on Argo until 1960.

Released as part of the CD by Sonny Stitt and Friends as How High the Moon on Chess GRP18172, which adds tracks with other groups led by Stitt from 1964 and 1965. It can be found on the twofer Sonny Stitt / Burnin, issued by Fresh Sounds in 2009 or on the twofer Breaking It Up (Harris Trio)/Burnin by Jazz Beat Spain

Track listing

All pieces by Sonny Stitt, unless otherwise indicated.

1. "Ko-Ko" (Charlie Parker) - 4:00
2. "A Minor Sax" - 4:08
3. "Lover Man" (Jimmy Davis, James Sherman, Roger Ramirez) - 3:52
4. "Reed and a Half" - 3:28
5. "How High the Moon" (Morgan Lewis, Nancy Hamilton) - 4:48
6. "I'll Tell You Later" - 4:24
7. "Look for the Silver Lining" (Jerome Kern, Buddy G. DeSylva) - 4:30
8. "Easy Living" (Leo Robin, Ralph Rainger) - 4:02
9. "It's Hipper Than That" - 4:46

Personnel

• Sonny Stitt - alto saxophone or tenor saxophone 7 and 8
• Barry Harris - piano
• William Austin - bass
• Frank Gant - drums

External links

• Burnin' at Discogs

Notes and References

1. https://books.google.com/books?id=uB8EAAAAMBAJ&dq=Burnin+sonny+stitt+argo+661&pg=PA36 Billboard May 16, 1960