Turn It On! Explained

Turn It On!
Type:Studio
Artist:Sonny Stitt
Cover:Turn It On!.jpg
Released:1971
Recorded:January 4, 1971
Studio:Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Genre:Jazz
Length:37:32
Label:Prestige
PR-10012
Producer:Bob Porter
Chronology:Sonny Stitt
Prev Title:Night Letter
Prev Year:1969
Next Title:You Talk That Talk!
Next Year:1971

Turn It On! is an album by saxophonist Sonny Stitt recorded in 1971 and released on the Prestige label.[1] The album features Stitt using the varitone, an electronic amplification device which altered the saxophone's sound.[2]

Reception

Allmusic reviewed the album, stating, "Stitt uses an electrical device (a Varitone) on his tenor that waters down his tone a bit. With organist Leon Spencer, guitarist Melvin Sparks and drummer Idris Muhammad setting down unrelenting grooves on most of the five numbers (including the 11-minute title cut), Stitt only seems to be making cameo appearances".[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Leon Spencer except where noted

  1. "Turn It On" - 11:10
  2. "The Bar-B-Que Man" - 7:59
  3. "Miss Riverside" - 9:28
  4. "Cry Me a River" (Arthur Hamilton) - 3:54
  5. "There Are Such Things" (Stanley Adams, Abel Baer, George W. Meyer) - 4:01

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/prestige-records/catalog-10000-series/#pr-10012 Prestige Records Discography
  2. Myers, M. Sonny Stitt: Varitone Redux, All About Jazz, December 20, 2011
  3. Yanow, S. Allmusic Review, accessed January 9, 2013