Sonny Stitt Sits in with the Oscar Peterson Trio

Sonny Stitt Sits in with the Oscar Peterson Trio is a 1959 album by Sonny Stitt, accompanied by the Oscar Peterson trio.[1]

Sonny Stitt Sits In with the Oscar Peterson Trio
Studio album by Sonny Stitt
Released	1959
Recorded	May 18, 1959
Genre	Jazz
Length	39:04
Label	Verve
Producer	Norman Granz
Sonny Stitt chronology
A Little Bit of Stitt (1959) Sonny Stitt Sits In with the Oscar Peterson Trio (1959) Sonny Side Up (1959)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Penguin Guide to Jazz	[2]

Reception

The Penguin Guide to Jazz rated the album three and a half stars out of four and wrote of the session, "they intermingle their respective many-noted approaches as plausibly as if this were a regular band (in fact, they never recorded together again)."[2] The Allmusic review written by Scott Yanow rated the album four and a half stars out of five.[1]

Track listing

1. "I Can't Give You Anything But Love" (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh) – 4:05
2. "Au Privave" (Charlie Parker) – 3:59
3. "The Gypsy" (Billy Reid) – 3:25
4. "I'll Remember April" (Gene de Paul, Patricia Johnston, Don Raye) – 4:41
5. "Scrapple from the Apple" (Parker) – 4:20
6. "Moten Swing" (Bennie Moten) – 7:09
7. "Blues for Pres, Sweets, Ben and All the Other Funky Ones" (Sonny Stitt) – 6:04
8. "Easy Does It" (Sy Oliver, Trummy Young) – 5:21

Personnel

Performance

• Sonny Stitt - alto saxophone 1-5, tenor saxophone 6-8
• Oscar Peterson – piano
• Ray Brown – double bass
• Ed Thigpen - drums

References

1. Allmusic review
2. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2002). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD (6th Ed.) Penguin Books. ISBN 9780140515213