The Champ (Sonny Stitt album) explained

The Champ
Type:	Studio album
Artist:	Sonny Stitt
Cover:	The Champ (Sonny Stitt album).jpg
Released:	1974
Recorded:	April 18, 1973
Genre:	Jazz, Bebop
Length:	37:35
Label:	Muse Records MR 5023
Producer:	Don Schlitten
Chronology:	Sonny Stitt
Prev Title:	Mr. Bojangles
Prev Year:	1973
Next Title:	God Bless Jug and Sonny
Next Year:	1973

The Champ is a Sonny Stitt album recorded at RCA's Studio B on April 18, 1973 and released on the Muse label.

Track listing

Side 1

1. "The Champ" (Gillespie) – 8:48
2. "Sweet and Lovely" (Arnheim, Tobias, Lemare) – 7:11
3. "The Midgets" (Newman) – 5:36

Side 2

1. "The Eternal Triangle" (Stitt) – 5:21
2. "All the Things You Are" (Kern-Hammerstein) – 4:32
3. "Walkin'" (Carpenter) – 9:43

• Note that on Side 1 Track 2 time is not 6:12 as listed on the label of the vinyl disc.

Personnel

• Sonny Stitt – alto & tenor saxophone
• Joe Newman – trumpet
• Duke Jordan – piano
• Sam Jones – bass
• Roy Brooks – drums

Production

• Producer: Don Schlitten
• Engineers: Paul Goodman

External links

• Sonny Stitt The Champ at My Jazz World blogspot