Sax O' Bebop

Sax O' Bebop

Sax O' Bebop

ASIN: B0000DZH5B

Track Listings
Disc: 1
1. One Bass Hit, Pt. 1 - Dizzy Gillespie Sextet
2. Oop Bop Sh'bam - Dizzy Gillespie Sextet
3. That's Earl, Brother - Dizzy Gillespie Sextet
4. Bebop in Pastel
5. Fool's Fancy
See all 23 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2
1. Red Shoes
2. Be Bop Blues
3. Royal Wedding
4. Fine and Dandy
5. Scamparoo - Russell Jacquet
See all 24 tracks on this disc

Disc: 3
1. Avalon
2. Later
3. Ain't Misbehavin'
4. Mean to Me
5. Stairway to the Stars
See all 21 tracks on this disc

Disc: 4
1. Nevertheless
2. Jeepers Creepers
3. Imagination
4. Cherokee
5. Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away)
See all 26 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
UK exclusive box-set for one of the greatest sax players to emerge in the post bebop era, originally known as a disciple of Charlie Parker. Includes 40 page booklet with discography. Standard jewel cases housed in a slipcase. Proper. 2003.

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Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Complete Early Recordings!!
 Sax o' Bebop
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Manufacturer: Proper UK Boxed Sets
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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000DZH5B
Release Date: 2003-10-27

Tracks:

  1. One Bass Hit, Pt. 1 - Dizzy Gillespie Sextet
  2. Oop Bop Sh'bam - Dizzy Gillespie Sextet
  3. That's Earl, Brother - Dizzy Gillespie Sextet
  4. Bebop in Pastel
  5. Fool's Fancy
  6. Bombay
  7. Ray's Idea
  8. Serenade to a Square
  9. Good Kick
  10. Seven Up
  11. Blues in Bebop
  12. Epistrophy - Kenny Clarke
  13. 52nd Street Theme - Kenny Clarke & His 52nd Street Boys
  14. Oop-Bop-Sh'bam - Kenny Clarke
  15. Royal Roost - Kenny Clarke & His 52nd Street Boys
  16. Boppin' a Riff
  17. Fat Boy
  18. Everything's Cool
  19. Webb City
  20. Stardust - Lord Nelson and His Boppers
  21. Third Song - Lord Nelson and His Boppers
  22. Body and Soul - Lord Nelson and His Boppers
  23. Ratio and Proportion - Lord Nelson and His Boppers

Tracks:

  1. Red Shoes
  2. Be Bop Blues
  3. Royal Wedding
  4. Fine and Dandy
  5. Scamparoo - Russell Jacquet
  6. Suede Jacquet - Russell Jacquet
  7. Lion's Roar - Russell Jacquet
  8. Relaxin' - Russell Jacquet
  9. Afternoon in Paris - Jay Jay Johnson, Sonny Stitt
  10. Elora - Jay Jay Johnson, Sonny Stitt
  11. Teapot - Jay Jay Johnson, Sonny Stitt
  12. Blue Mode - Jay Jay Johnson, Sonny Stitt
  13. Blue Mode [Alternate Take] - Jay Jay Johnson, Sonny Stitt
  14. All God's Chillun Got Rhythm - Bud Powell, Sonny Stitt
  15. Sonnyside
  16. Bud's Blues - Bud Powell, Sonny Stitt
  17. Sunset - Bud Powell, Sonny Stitt
  18. Move
  19. Hot House
  20. Strike Up the Band - Bud Powell, Sonny Stitt
  21. I Want to Be Happy - Bud Powell, Sonny Stitt
  22. Taking a Chance on Love - Bud Powell, Sonny Stitt
  23. Fine and Dandy - Bud Powell, Sonny Stitt
  24. Fine and Dandy [Alternate Take] - Bud Powell, Sonny Stitt

Tracks:

  1. Avalon
  2. Later
  3. Ain't Misbehavin'
  4. Mean to Me
  5. Stairway to the Stars
  6. Touch of the Blues - Gene Ammons, Sonny Stitt
  7. Bye Bye - Gene Ammons, Sonny Stitt
  8. Blues Up and Down - Gene Ammons, Sonny Stitt
  9. You Can Depend on Me [Take 1] - Gene Ammons, Sonny Stitt
  10. You Can Depend on Me [Take 2] - Gene Ammons, Sonny Stitt
  11. Chabootie
  12. Count Every Star
  13. Nice Work If You Can Get It
  14. There Will Never Be Another You
  15. Blazin'
  16. Seven Eleven
  17. To Think You've Chosen Me
  18. After You've Gone
  19. Our Very Own
  20. 'S Wonderful
  21. Stringin' the Jug

Tracks:

  1. Nevertheless
  2. Jeepers Creepers
  3. Imagination
  4. Cherokee
  5. Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away)
  6. Can't We Be Friends?
  7. New Blues Up and Down, Pts. 1-3
  8. Thrill of Your Kiss
  9. If the Moon Turns Green
  10. P.S. I Love You
  11. This Can't Be Love
  12. I Cover the Waterfront
  13. Don't Worry 'Bout Me
  14. Down with It
  15. For the Fat Man
  16. Splinter
  17. I'm Confessin'
  18. Cool Mambo
  19. Sonny Sounds
  20. Blue Mambo
  21. Stitt's It
  22. Sancho Panza - Johnny Richards Orchestra, Sonny Stitt
  23. Hooke's Tours - Johnny Richards Orchestra, Sonny Stitt
  24. Opus 202 - Johnny Richards Orchestra, Sonny Stitt
  25. Loose Walk - Johnny Richards Orchestra, Sonny Stitt
  26. Pink Satin - Johnny Richards Orchestra, Sonny Stitt

Album Description

UK exclusive box-set for one of the greatest sax players to emerge in the post bebop era, originally known as a disciple of Charlie Parker. Includes 40 page booklet with discography. Standard jewel cases housed in a slipcase. Proper. 2003.

Album Details

One of the Greatest Sax Players to Emerge in the Post-bebop Era, this Four CD Set is a Comprehensive Guide to his Early Years. The Set Includes a Booklet with Full Discography, Rare Photographs and Full Liner Notes.

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Complete Early Recordings!!.......2005-05-22

This 4-CD set captures all Stitt's recordings from his debut in 1946 with Dizzy Gillespie on Savoy, through the Prestige Years of 1949 to 1951, ending with his first Roost recording session in 1952 with Johnny Richards.

Stitt was one of the foremeost bebop saxophonists, a true virtuoso who raised technical standards for saxophonists everywhere. He was widely admired by musicians as diverse as Oscar Peterson, Zoot Sims, Booker Ervin and John Coltrane. A formidable player, he loved to "battle" with other horn players, forcing them to play at their best.

Stitt started on alto sax, later adding tenor and baritone. His technique on all three horns is amazing. Adding the other horns
made him a more complete and soulful player. Like Parker, he excels at the blues and soulful ballads. Few players, then or now, could stay with him on up-tempo numbers.

This is an exhaustive survey of his early stuff. Some of the material is very good, the Gillespie material and the Prestige quartet sides from 1950 and 1951 are great. The most critically acclaimed sides are a quartet date with Bud Powell from 1949
and a quintet date with John Lewis and JJ Johnson from around the same time. Stitt's tenor playing here is among his best.

The band Stitt co-led with Gene Ammons is here as well, but I find the 1960s Boss Tenors sessions much preferable to this stuff, which is a bit raw. You may also find the period vocals
by obscure singers offputting. Stitt plays well on the Johnny Richards stuff, but the busy, contrived arrangements don't suit his style.

I like the quartet sides from 1950 & 1951. Stitt is the focus of attention and plays beautifully on these, whether on alto tenor or baritone, on which he shows more ability than many full time baritone players. Stitt is so obviously superior to most of his contemporaries that the presence of other soloists, as on the "Bebop Boys" Savoy sessions is merely distracting. True, Fats Navarro and Bud Powell are on these, but so are some other players who tend to ramble on.

The sound quality is pretty variable. Two sessions recorded for an obscure Detroit label seem to have been recorded in an echo chamber. There is some distortion on some of the Prestige stuff. The Savoy and Roost material sounds pretty good, remembering that these were 78rpm recordings.

Of great historical interest, as much early Bud Powell is here, but not essential unless you are a Stitt fan. Nice to have and not expensive to buy. Very informative booklet as well.

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  4. Soul Control [Enhanced]
  5. Spinozza [Import]
  6. Stairway to the Stars [Box set] [Import]
  7. Stardust
  8. Steppin' Zone
  9. Swing [Import]
  10. The Famous Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert 1938 [Live]

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