Sonny Stitt Sits in with the Oscar Peterson Trio explained

Sonny Stitt Sits In with the Oscar Peterson Trio
Type:	album
Artist:	Sonny Stitt
Cover:	stittoscartrio.jpg
Released:	1959
Recorded:	May 18, 1959
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	39:04
Label:	Verve
Producer:	Norman Granz
Prev Title:	A Little Bit of Stitt
Prev Year:	1959
Next Title:	Sonny Side Up
Next Year:	1959

Sonny Stitt Sits in with the Oscar Peterson Trio is a 1959 album by Sonny Stitt, accompanied by the Oscar Peterson trio.

Reception

The Penguin Guide to Jazz rated the album three and a half stars out of four and wrote of the session, "they intermingle their respective many-noted approaches as plausibly as if this were a regular band (in fact, they never recorded together again)." The Allmusic review written by Scott Yanow rated the album four and a half stars out of five.

Track listing

1. "I Can't Give You Anything But Love" (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh) – 4:05
2. "Au Privave" (Charlie Parker) – 3:59
3. "The Gypsy" (Billy Reid) – 3:25
4. "I'll Remember April" (Gene de Paul, Patricia Johnston, Don Raye) – 4:41
5. "Scrapple from the Apple" (Parker) – 4:20
6. "Moten Swing" (Bennie Moten) – 7:09
7. "Blues for Pres, Sweets, Ben and All the Other Funky Ones" (Sonny Stitt) – 6:04
8. "Easy Does It" (Sy Oliver, Trummy Young) – 5:21

Personnel

Performance

• Sonny Stitt - alto saxophone (tracks 1-5), tenor saxophone (tracks 6-8)

Oscar Peterson Trio

• Oscar Peterson – piano
• Ray Brown – double bass
• Ed Thigpen - drums