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Derek
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| I Realize that this is a trumpet forum, however, in music one should constantly be exploring what other statements musicians have made/are making regardless of musical instrument... that said... One particularly amazing jazz musician I have been listening to is someone which most have either heard or heard of, Sonny Stitt. This man is truely an example of a perfect jazz soloist in my opinion, his tone, fluid ideas, perfect sense of tonality and rhythm are enough to make me want to start playing the sax and emulate him alone! This may seem like an exaggeration, and maybe it is, but on such songs like "Au Privave" with Oscar Peterson and "The Shadow of Your Smile," on which he plays the Varitone, the qualities that I just mentioned are very accessible and obvious. For anyone interested in someone who knows exactly what he is saying musically, check this guy out if you havent already... you won't regret it! |
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jkramb19
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I love sonny stitt. Check out Sonny Side Up, he kicks sonny rollins ass in the tenor battle in eternal triangle.
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musiclifeline
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Funny... I feel the opposite... I feel like Stitt plays patterns through the bridge on Eternal Triangle, while Rollins plays more melodically. Oh well... it's still a great album, and they both play great. Not to mention Diz, of course.  |
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mark936
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I used to listen and try to play licks of his way back when.
IIRC I named a cat I had after one of his songs I wrote out for a combo I was in.
"Scoops." |
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crzytptman
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That's one of my all time favorite albums. Both Sonnys have been models of mine for a long time. I don't get the "tenor battle" reference. I hear 2 great players conversing with their own voices - maybe adamantly making a point, but not a "battle". And then Diz comes in and says something totally different!
Cahn't - you hear
the pitter
and the patter
of the raindrops tricklin' down the fire 'scape lad-der?
Nate
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wiseone2
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On 2004-04-07 14:14, crzytptman wrote:
That's one of my all time favorite albums. Both Sonnys have been models of mine for a long time. I don't get the "tenor battle" reference. I hear 2 great players conversing with their own voices - maybe adamantly making a point, but not a "battle". And then Diz comes in and says something totally different!
Cahn't - you hear
the pitter
and the patter
of the raindrops tricklin' down the fire 'scape lad-der?
Nate
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"I endeavor to reflect His glory in every note I play, in everything I do."
Callet Jazz (copper insulate)
Getzen Eterna 4V Flugel
'57 Olds Amb cornet
'46 King 2B Tbone
<font size=-2>[ This Message was edited by: crzytptman on 2004-04-07 14:15 ]</font>
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Sonny Stitt was old school. If you showed up on a bandstand with him, you had better have your stuff together.
One of his favorite things to do was to play standard tunes in un-standard keys.
Stitt could play faster than any other player alive at the time.
Trane did not mess with Sonny.
Tenor battles have existed for a longtime. Two tenor bands were the rage in the 60s...........
Johnny Griffin and Eddie"Lockjaw"Davis, Gene Ammons and Sonny Stitt, Wardell Grey and Dexter Gordon, Ben and Bean, Al Cohn and Zoot Sims, the two Franks with the Basie Band and other couplings of tenor players.
And the heights that were scaled on stage were mind-boggling.
Some of the most spontaneous flights of musical imagination happened regularly, and Sonny Stitt was one of the most creative.
I played on a Sonny Stitt recording, man I wish I could get a copy of it.
Wilmer
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