Made for Each Other (Sonny Stitt album)
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| Released | 1972 | |||
| Recorded | July 13, 1968 | |||
| Studio | P.S. Studios, Chicago | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 41:18 | |||
| Label | Delmark DS 426 | |||
| Producer | Robert G. Koester, Joe Segal | |||
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Made for Each Other is an album by saxophonist Sonny Stitt recorded in 1968 but not released by the Delmark label until 1972.[1][2][3] The album represents Stitt's fourth recording featuring the varitone, an electronic amplification device which altered the saxophone's sound.[4]
Reception[edit]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [5] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [6] |
Allmusic reviewer Scott Yanow stated "Sonny Stitt's regular group of the period plays a wide variety of material ... Unfortunately the set is from the period when Stitt often used a Varitone electronic attachment on his alto and tenor which gave him a much more generic sound, lowering the quality of this music despite some strong improvisations. It is an okay set that could have been better".[5] In JazzTimes Patricia Myers wrote "Alto and tenor giant Sonny Stitt always could burn a bebop riff like his idol, Charlie Parker. In this 1968 studio session, Stitt is in perfect sync with ever-grooving organist Don Patterson and tasty drummer Billy James".[7]
Track listing[edit]
- "Samba de Orpheus" (Luiz Bonfá, Antônio Maria, Andre Michel Salvet) – 4:37
- "Funny (Tenor)" (Philip Broughton, Bob Merrill, Marcia Neil, Hughie Prince) – 2:58
- "Glory of Love" (Billy Hill) – 5:23
- "The Very Thought of You" (Ray Noble) – 5:43
- "Blues for J.J." (Sonny Stitt) – 4:42
- "Funny (Alto)" (Broughton, Merrill, Neil, Prince) – 3:02
- "The Night Has a Thousand Eyes" (Jerry Brainin, Buddy Bernier) – 5:26
- "Honey" (Bobby Russell) – 3:55
- "The Night Has a Thousand Eyes" [alternate take] (Brainin, Bernier) – 5:32 Additional track on CD reissue
Personnel[edit]
- Sonny Stitt - alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, varitone
- Don Patterson - organ
- Billy James - drums
References[edit]
- ^ Jazzlists: Delmark Records discography: 400 series accessed October 16, 2019
- ^ Jazzlists: Don Patterson discography accessed October 16, 2019
- ^ Delamrk Records: album details accessed October 16, 2019
- ^ Myers, M. Sonny Stitt: Varitone Redux, All About Jazz, December 20, 2011
- ^ a b Yanow, Scott. Sonny Stitt: Made for Each Other – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved October 14, 2019.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1346. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- ^ Myers, P. JazzTimes Review accessed October 16, 2019