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4.0 out of 5 stars
A triple threat!,
By "jazzfanmn" (St Cloud, MN United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Kaleidoscope (Audio CD)
Ira Gitler's liner notes accurately describe Stitt as a triple threat for his use of alto, tenor, and baritone saxophone on this collection of sessions from the early fifties. Stitt is found in a variety of settings from three seperate quartets that feature among the personnel, Art Blakey and Kenny Drew, to a latin flavored septet. Stitt and Charlie Parker shared a nimble lyrical command over the alto, which Stitt dispalys beautifully here. He is a daring inventive soloist on uptempo numbers and has a light sensitive ballad tone. Sonny's tenor is on display for the latin flavored "Cool Mambo" and "Blue Mambo", and he displays playful baritone for "P.S. I Love You". The album closes with another septet featuring Gene Ammons on baritone and Larry Townsend's vocals for "To Think You've Chosen Me". This set features one of the cd's highlight when Stitt blows a mournful tenor solo on "Our Very Own". This is a wonderful introduction to the music of the legendary saxman Sonny Stitt and should delight long time fans who have not already discovered this gem.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The legend of Stitt... in your face !,
This review is from: Kaleidoscope (Audio CD)
Sonny Stitt recorded lot's and lot's of albums and did lot's and lot's of sides over a 30 year period...
To be honest, not all were great... though the "legend" of Sonny no doubt *is* unquestionable... This album, however, if any is about the legend... The hard blowing, unstoppable Charlie Parker multi-reed protege who could handle mambo, ballads and whiskey drinking toe tappers as well... Actually, its a compilation of sides recorded between 1950 and 1952, but as an overall package, I think its definitely a GREAT representation of what Stitt was his about. Backed on many cuts by a fluid and up to par big band... Stitt drives effortlessly yet with an inspired edge through a wide variety of material... Though his licks are very Parkerish, he also throws in those uniquely Stitt-istic pyrotechniques and other things that give the sound his own signature feel. He also is great at about-faces... for example after 4 frenzic cookers (including a loud but swinging Latin Number), he's heard playing a really sweet but "sukebe" (sorry for the Japanese) version of Ain't Misbehaving - - laying back from the trademark meth-powered runs, Stitt goes for a sound that is so full, warm and tasty you can almost grab the notes from the air and eat them like taffy... - - Stitt's trademark "rich tone" appears in countless other tunes... though often he'll be warm and tasty one second than blow something mad the next, yet get back in control the next to say something very warm and breathy... classic Stitt... Incidentally, Stitt can also be heard on Bari on some tunes... definitely not the horn he was most famous for - - but one which he was incredibly fluid on... Most interesting though is the contrast between THIS CAN'T BE LOVE and IMAGINATION - - where on the first he's cooking on Bari, but on Imagination he's playing sweet and saucy on Alto... The mix definitely gives the compilation a way of drawing you further and further in as he tackles one classic standard after another in a way that make them sound anything but *standard*... The same magic occurs when the ultra uptempo CHEROKEE is placed back to back with CAN'T WE BE FRIENDS, a sweet little toe tapper based on the changes of I COVER THE WATERFRONT. And as an added surprise, there's even a crooner number which leaves you wondering what Stitt's gonna do when he comes in... Another fascinating moment is a bonus track in which Stitt blows on After You've Gone... his solo is always melodic, but very agressive, in the pocket and hard cooking... a great toe tapper good for a bit of transcription activity for any serious student of the sax. All in all, my advice... if you're just getting into Stitt, or trying to turn someone on... this is definitely the place to start... and its aptly titled... a kaleidoscope into the sounds of a master !
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
FLAVOR, LOTS OF FLAVOR: Alto, Tenor, Baritone,
By J. Marks (Boston, MA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Kaleidoscope (Audio CD)
In my opinion, Sonny Stitt deserves more recogntion for his incredible talents on three saxes. Although his baritone work is limited, he is always rhythmically robust and melodically charming on any horn. This CD offers tons of early tracks, several of which include large ensemble. The sound quality is lacking but the strength of the bebop prevails. Some of the tracks overlap with the Prestige First Sessions Vol 2 (highly recommended) but this is a keeper nevertheless.
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