Nick focuses on the music of Sonny Stitt, who was described as the heir to Charlie Parker. Also this hour: songs by Anita O'Day, Wes Montgomery, Christian McBride, and Christchurch's Sumo Jazz.
MUSIC DETAILS:
# | Artist: | Song: | Composer: | Album | Label: | Duration: |
1 | Sonny Stitt Quartet | Sunday | Conn / Krueger | Saxophone Supremacy | Verve | 03:56 |
2 | Sonny Stitt Quartet | I Cover the Waterfront | Heyman / Greem | Saxophone Supremacy | Verve | 03:16 |
3 | Sonny Stitt Quartet | Silly Billy | Stitt | Low Flame | Jazzland | 04:59 |
4 | Sonny Stitt Quartet | Donald Duck | Patterson | Low Flame | Jazzland | 04:41 |
5 | Anita O'Day, Oscar Peterson | Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered | Rodgers / Hart | Anita Sings the Most | Verve | 03:55 |
6 | Anita O'Day, Oscar Peterson | You Turned the Tables on Me | Alter / Mitchell | Anita Sings the Most | Verve | 03:43 |
7 | Christian McBride Trio | Hallelujah Time | Dodds / Hamilton / Peterson | Out Here | Mack Avenue | 04:03 |
8 | Wes Montgomery | Come Rain or Come Shine | Arlen / Mercer | Full House | Riverside | 06:58 |
9 | Wes Montgomery | Mister Walker | Montgomery | The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery | Riverside / OJC | 04:33 |
10 | Sumo Jazz | The Bewildering Case of Doxy Ford | Smith | Shiko | Rattle | 04:42 |
11 | Sonny Stitt Quartet | Laura | Mercer / Raksin | Sonny Stitt: Verve Jazz Masters 50 | Verve | 03:23 |
12 | Sonny Stitt Quartet | Nice Work if you can Get It | Gershwin / Gershwin | Stitt's Bits: The Bebop Recordings, 1949-1952 | Prestige | 02:42 |
13 | Sonny Stitt | Just Friends | Klenner / Lewis | Tune-Up! | Gambit | 04:26 |