Sonny Stitt - Blue Monsoon ( Jazz Funk, 1973)

Taken from the LP "Mr.Bojangles".
Sonny Stitt is currently the most underrated saxophonist of his generation. He is currently being penalized for not having recorded extensively for Blue Note or Verve, because we all know what a great job those labels are doing with dead artists. He also suffers from not having blown his own horn (autobiographically) during his life. How could he know that just weeks after subbing for the late Art Pepper at the Kool festival that he'd be joining him in the heavenly Bebop sax section?

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[TheFunkyKingston]

Εξαιρετικό!!!

[jzzlvrmee]

Sonny, along with Cannonball Adderley, was considered a Bird imitator when he first started coming up in jazz circles and was heavily criticized for it, which was why he started playing more tenor. That was sad, because Sonny was an excellent player....

[rayjr62]

Sonny was hip. But like Art Pepper, Sonny was dogged by a serious drug addiction for most of his career and I wonder if that addiction prevented a greater musical output than some of his contemporaries.

Miles Davis said (in his autobiography) that Sonny was one of the few musicians who believed that being a heroin addict made him a better player.

[CronusPrime]

oh this is very hip.. I am not all that familiar with Sonny Stitt.. kinda smooth with a little funk but very understated.. I dig it.