Sonny Stitt Plays Jimmy Giuffre Arrangements is an album by saxophonist Sonny Stitt performing music arranged by Jimmy Giuffre recorded in 1959 and originally released on the Verve label.Verve Records Catalog: 8300 series accessed December 8, 2015
Reception
The Allmusic site awarded the album 4½ stars.Allmusic listing accessed December 8, 2015
Track listing All compositions by Sonny Stitt except as indicated "New York Blues" (Jimmy Giuffre) - 3:56 "Giuff" - 2:58 "Laura" (David Raksin, Johnny Mercer) - 4:50 "Sonny Boy" (Ray Henderson, Buddy De Sylva, Lew Brown) - 3:57 "Down Country" (Stitt, Giuffre) - 6:57 "Singin' in the Rain" (Nacio Herb Brown, Arthur Freed) - 4:27 "Uptown" - 5:21 "Downtown" - 4:38 "I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Henry Nemo, John Redmond) - 3:23 "Two for Timbucktu" (Giuffre) - 3:20
Personnel Sonny Stitt - alto saxophone, tenor saxophone Jimmy Giuffre - tenor saxophone, arranger Lee Katzman, Jack Sheldon - trumpet Frank Rosolino - trombone Al Pollen - tuba Jimmy Rowles – piano Buddy Clark – bass Lawrence Marable - drums
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