Sonny Stitt

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Sonny Stitt was an American jazz saxophonist renowned for his virtuosic bebop and hard bop playing, often associated with the stylistic legacy of Charlie Parker.

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Sonny Stitt canonical 38

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bebop musician
hard bop musician
human
jazz musician
saxophonist
activeYearsStart 1940s
associatedWith Art Blakey
Bud Powell
Charlie Parker
Dizzy Gillespie
Gene Ammons
Miles Davis
burialPlace Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Southfield, Michigan, United States
causeOfDeath heart attack
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1924-02-02
dateOfDeath 1982-07-22
familyName Boatner
fullName Edward Hammond Boatner Jr.
gender male
genre bebop
hard bop
jazz
givenName Edward
influencedBy Charlie Parker
instrument alto saxophone
baritone saxophone
tenor saxophone
notableCollaboration Sonny Side Up with Dizzy Gillespie and Sonny Rollins
Sonny Stitt and Gene Ammons recordings
notableWork Sonny Side Up
Sonny Stitt Plays
Soul People
Stitt Plays Bird
The Champ
Tune-Up!
linked to: Tune Up
occupation bandleader
composer
musician
placeOfBirth Boston, Massachusetts, United States
placeOfDeath Washington, D.C., United States
linked to: Washington, D.C.
recordLabel Argo Records
Muse Records
Prestige Records
Roost Records
Verve Records
stageName Sonny Stitt
styleCharacteristic rapid bebop lines
strong blues influence
virtuosic improvisation

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Impulse! Records notableArtist Sonny Stitt
Prestige Records notableArtist Sonny Stitt
Argo Records associatedWith Sonny Stitt
"I'm Old Fashioned" hasNotablePerformer Sonny Stitt
subject linked to: I'm Old Fashioned
Jazz à Juan hasNotablePerformer Sonny Stitt
Riverside Records recordedArtist Sonny Stitt
Groovin' High notablePerformer Sonny Stitt
Blowin’ a Fuse composer Sonny Stitt
Blowin’ a Fuse performer Sonny Stitt
Blowin’ a Fuse recordingArtist Sonny Stitt
Blowin’ a Fuse hasCreator Sonny Stitt
Blowin’ a Fuse musicalArtist Sonny Stitt
In the Now artist Sonny Stitt
subject linked to: Blowin’ a Fuse
Barry Harris collaboratedWith Sonny Stitt
"What Am I Here For?" hasNotablePerformer Sonny Stitt
subject linked to: What Am I Here For?
I'm Just a Lucky So-and-So hasNotableRecordingBy Sonny Stitt
subject linked to: I’m Just a Lucky So-and-So
Oh, You Crazy Moon hasPerformer Sonny Stitt
Tommy Potter recordedWith Sonny Stitt
Sonny Stitt stageName Sonny Stitt
John Lewis associatedAct Sonny Stitt
Ah-Leu-Cha notablePerformer Sonny Stitt
It's You or No One performer Sonny Stitt
George Morrow associatedWith Sonny Stitt
Muse Records notableArtist Sonny Stitt
Gerald Wiggins workedWith Sonny Stitt
Gene Ammons associatedAct Sonny Stitt
Red Holloway associatedAct Sonny Stitt
Roy Brooks associatedAct Sonny Stitt
Confessin' hasNotableRecordingBy Sonny Stitt
subject linked to: "Confessin'"
Lullaby of the Leaves hasNotableRecordingBy Sonny Stitt
subject linked to: “Lullaby of the Leaves”