Prestige
Stitt's Bits
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| Recorded | 1958 |
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| Label | Prestige |
| Catalog | PRLP 7133 |
| Released | 1958 |
| Personnel | 11 credited players |
| Discogs | master 685095 |
The record
A dozen tunes, most of them standards -- 'Avalon', 'S'Wonderful', 'Jeepers Creepers', 'Mean To Me' -- with Sonny Stitt on tenor and the rhythm seats rotating: Duke Jordan, Junior Mance and Kenny Drew all credited at the piano, Art Blakey and Wes Landers at the drums. Compiled on Prestige PRLP 7133 in 1958, remastered by Rudy Van Gelder, cover by Esmond Edwards.
Tracks
- Nevertheless
- Count Every Star
- Nice Work If You Can Get It
- There Will Never Be Another You
- Blazin'
- Mean To Me
- Avalon
- After You've Gone
- Stairway To The Stars
- S'Wonderful
- Jeepers Creepers
- Our Very Own
Session personnel
- Eugene Wright — Bass
- Tommy Potter — Bass
- Esmond Edwards — Cover
- Art Blakey — Drums
- Wes Landers — Drums
- Ira Gitler — Liner Notes
- Duke Jordan — Piano
- Junior Mance — Piano
- Kenny Drew — Piano
- Rudy Van Gelder — Remastered By [Remastering]
- Sonny Stitt — Tenor Saxophone
Contemporary reception
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Pressings
| 1958 | Prestige · PRLP 7133 — Vinyl LP Compilation Remastered earliest on file |
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| 1958 | Metronome · MEP 443 — Vinyl, 7", EP |
| 1977 | Prestige · VIJ-5037(M) — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Reissue, Remastered, Mono |
| 1993 | Prestige · VIJJ 30070 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Reissue, Remastered |
| 1996 | Prestige · VICJ-2008 — CD, Compilation, Reissue, Remastered, Mono |
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