Sonny Side Up (Roost album) explained

Sonny Side Up
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Sonny Stitt
Cover:	Sonny Side Up (Roost album).jpg
Released:	1961
Recorded:	August 8, 1960
Studio:	Bell Sound (New York City)
Genre:	Jazz
Label:	Roost RLP 2245
Producer:	Teddy Reig
Chronology:	Sonny Stitt
Prev Title:	Previously Unreleased Recordings
Prev Year:	1960
Next Title:	The Sensual Sound of Sonny Stitt
Next Year:	1961

Sonny Side Up is an album by saxophonist Sonny Stitt recorded in 1960 and originally released on the Roost label.^[1]

Reception

The Allmusic site awarded the album 3 stars.^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Sonny Stitt except as indicated

1. "Sonny Side Up" - 2:36
2. "On Green Dolphin Street" (Bronisław Kaper, Ned Washington) - 3:56
3. "The More I See You" (Harry Warren, Mack Gordon) - 3:43
4. "Don't Take Your Love from Me" (Henry Nemo) - 4:47
5. "My Blue Heaven" (Walter Donaldson, George A. Whiting) - 2:43
6. "My Mother's Eyes" (Abel Baer, L. Wolfe Gilbert) - 3:51
7. "When I Grow Too Old to Dream" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Sigmund Romberg) - 3:05
8. "Bye Bye Blues" (Fred Hamm, Dave Bennett, Bert Lown, Chauncey Gray) - 5:04
9. "I've Got the World on a String" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) - 5:14

Personnel

• Sonny Stitt - alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
• Jimmy Jones - piano
• Aaron Bell - bass
• Roy Haynes - drums

Notes and References

1. Edwards, D. & Callahan, M. Royal Roost/Roost Album Discography accessed January 4, 2013
2. http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-sonny-side-of-stitt-mw0002190081 Allmusic Review