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Stitt's Bits: The Bebop Recordings, 1949-1952
cool jazz · 2006 · 71 tracks

Stitt's Bits: The Bebop Recordings, 1949-1952

Sonny Stitt

July 25, 2006 · Prestige

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Tracklist · 71 Tracks
01
Afternoon in Paris
3:08
04
Elora
3:12
06
Teapot
3:06
08
Blue Mode
2:54
09
All God's Chillun Got Rhythm
3:01
10
Sonny Side
2:24
11
Bud's Blues
2:37
12
Sunset
3:50
13
Strike Up the Band
3:30
14
Strike Up the Band (alternate take)
2:55
15
I Want to Be Happy
3:14
16
Taking a Chance on Love
2:36
17
Fine and Dandy (take 1)
2:45
18
Fine and Dandy (take 2)
2:44
19
Avalon
2:32
20
Later
3:04
21
Ain't Misbehavin'
3:06
22
Mean to Me
3:10
23
Stairway to the Stars
3:20
24
Bye Bye
3:05
25
Let It Be
3:07
26
Blues Up and Down (take 1)
1:28
27
Blues Up and Down (take 2)
2:25
28
Blues Up and Down (take 3)
2:40
29
You Can Depend on Me (take 1)
2:53
30
You Can Depend on Me (take 2)
2:52
31
Touch of the Blues
3:12
32
Dumb Woman Blues
2:51
33
Chabootie
3:05
34
Who Threw the Sleeping Pills in Rip Van Winkle's Coffee?
2:35
35
Gravy
3:03
36
Easy Glide
3:00
37
Count Every Star
3:03
38
Nice Work If You Can Get It
2:42
39
There Will Never Be Another You
2:36
40
Blazin'
3:26
41
Back in Your Own Back Yard
3:16
42
Sweet Jennie Lou
2:39
43
La Vie en rose
3:05
44
Seven Eleven
2:57
45
To Think You've Chosen Me
3:03
46
After You've Gone
2:31
47
Our Very Own
3:11
48
'S Wonderful
2:30
49
Stringin' the Jug
5:07
50
Nevertheless (I'm in Love with You)
2:51
51
Jeepers Creepers
2:58
52
Imagination
3:28
54
'Round About One A.M.
3:06
55
Jug
2:52
56
Wow
2:57
57
Blues and Sentimental
3:12
58
Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away)
2:50
59
Can't We Be Friends
2:44
60
New Blues Up and Down
5:11
61
The Thrill of Your Kiss
2:45
62
If the Moon Turns Green
2:47
63
P.S. I Love You
3:05
64
This Can't Be Love
2:51
65
Down with It
2:35
66
For the Fat Man
3:00
67
Splinter
2:44
68
Confessin'
2:40
69
Undecided
2:43
70
(It Will Have to Do) Until the Real Thing Comes Along
2:42
71
Because of Rain
2:51
72
Charmaine
3:02
73
Cool Mambo
2:42
74
Sonny Sounds
2:32
75
Blue Mambo
2:28
76
Stitt's It
2:34

We're still writing this one up. The deep read (liner notes, standout moments, the sound breakdown) is on the way. The album's ready to own right now.