Parallel-a-Stitt explained

Parallel-a-Stitt
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Sonny Stitt
Cover:	Parallel-a-Stitt.jpg
Released:	1967
Recorded:	1967
Genre:	Jazz
Label:	Roulette SR-25354
Producer:	Henry Glover
Chronology:	Sonny Stitt
Prev Title:	Deuces Wild
Prev Year:	1966
Next Title:	Made for Each Other
Next Year:	1968

Parallel-a-Stitt (subtitled Sonny Stitt on the Varitone) is an album by saxophonist Sonny Stitt recorded in 1967 and released on the Roulette label.^[1] The album represents Stitt's third featuring the varitone, an electronic amplification device which altered the saxophone's sound.^[2]

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars.^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Sonny Stitt except as indicated

1. "Hello George" - 3:25
2. "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" (Duke Ellington) - 5:02
3. "Bye Bye Blackbird" (Ray Henderson, Mort Dixon) - 4:27
4. "Because It's Love" - 2:35
5. "Satin Doll" (Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, Johnny Mercer) - 4:40
6. "The Shadow of Your Smile" (Johnny Mandel, Paul Francis Webster) - 5:18
7. "Chinatown My Chinatown" (William Jerome, Jean Schwartz) - 3:45
8. "Jeep's Blues" (Ellington, Johnny Hodges) - 2:09
9. "Laura" (David Raksin, Mercer) - 2:45

Personnel

• Sonny Stitt - alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, varitone
• Jerome Richardson - alto flute
• George Berg - baritone saxophone
• Don Patterson - organ
  • George Duvivier - bass Walter Jones - drums

Notes and References

1. Edwards, D. & Callahan, M. Roulette Album Discography, Part 1 accessed January 4, 2013
2. Myers, M. Sonny Stitt: Varitone Redux, All About Jazz, December 20, 2011
3. http://www.allmusic.com/album/parallel-a-stitt-mw0000873965 Allmusic Review