Mr. Bojangles (album) explained

Mr. Bojangles
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Sonny Stitt
Cover:	Mr Bojangles (album).jpg
Released:	1973
Recorded:	1973
Studio:	Sound Exchange Studios, New York City, NY
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	36:21
Label:	Cadet CA 50026
Producer:	Esmond Edwards
Chronology:	Sonny Stitt
Prev Title:	12!
Prev Year:	1972
Next Title:	God Bless Jug and Sonny
Next Year:	1973

Mr. Bojangles is an album by saxophonist Sonny Stitt recorded in 1973 and released on the Cadet label.^[1]

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 3½ stars stating "Mr. Bojangles pairs Sonny Stitt with arranger Don Sebesky for one of the smoothest and most mainstream-facing dates of the saxophonist's career. Sebesky's luminous treatments underscore the elegance of Stitt's soulful alto and tenor leads".^[2]

Track listing

1. "Mr. Bojangles" (Jerry Jeff Walker) - 7:31
2. "World Is a Ghetto" (Papa Dee Allen, Harold Brown, B.B. Dickerson, Lonnie Jordan, Charles Miller, Lee Oskar, Howard E. Scott) - 6:56
3. "Killing Me Softly With His Song" (Charles Fox, Norman Gimbel) - 4:41
4. "Blue Monsoon" (Esmond Edwards) - 5:06
5. "Got to Be There" (Elliot Willensky) - 3:33
6. "Fifty Per Cent" (Sonny Stitt) - 3:38
7. "Ben" (Donald Black, Walter Scharf) - 4:56

Personnel

• Sonny Stitt - alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
• Roland Hanna - electric piano
• Cornell Dupree - guitar
• Richard Davis - electric bass
  • Jimmy Johnson - drums George Marge - alto flute, oboe
• Jimmy Buffington - French Horn
• Gloria Agostini - harp
• Phil Kraus - vibraphone, xylophone, percussion
• Warren Smith - percussion
• David Nadien, Harold Kobain, Emmanuel Green, Gene Orloff, Paul Gershman, Harry Lookofsky, Joseph Malia - violin
• Charles McCracken, George Ricci cello
• Don Sebesky - arranger, conductor

Notes and References

1. http://www.bsnpubs.com/chess/chessconsolidated.html GRT Consolidated Chess/Cadet Album Discography (1971-1975)
2. Yanow, S. Allmusic Review, accessed January 8, 2013