Blues for Duke

Blues for Duke
Blues for Duke
Studio album by Sonny Stitt
Released	1978
Recorded	December 3 & 4, 1975
Studio	Blue Rock Studio, New York City
Genre	Jazz
Length	37:07
Label	Muse; MR 5129
Producer	Elliot Meadow
Sonny Stitt chronology

Blues for Duke is an album by saxophonist Sonny Stitt featuring selections associated with Duke Ellington, recorded in 1975 and released on the Muse label in 1978.^[1]^[2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[3]

The Bay State Banner wrote that Stitt "sticks mainly to tenor sax, and brings some new approaches and tricks to the always excellent Ellington material he tackles."^[4]

Scott Yanow, in his review for AllMusic, stated: "The rhythm section (pianist Barry Harris, bassist Sam Jones and drummer Billy Higgins) is excellent, and although the results are somewhat predictable (with 'C Jam Blues' and 'Perdido' being the high points), the music on this LP can be enjoyed by bop fans."^[3]

Track listing

"C Jam Blues" (Duke Ellington) - 6:07
"I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)" (Ellington, Paul Francis Webster) - 7:58
"Perdido" (Juan Tizol, Ervin Drake, Hans Lengsfelder) - 4:45
"Blues for Duke" (Sonny Stitt) - 6:59
"Don't Get Around Much Anymore" (Ellington, Bob Russell) - 3:45
"Satin Doll" (Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, Johnny Mercer) - 7:43

Personnel

Sonny Stitt - alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
Barry Harris - piano
Sam Jones - bass
Billy Higgins - drums

References

^ Fitzgerald, M. & Ziegler, F. Muse Records Listing accessed April 29, 2016
^ Muse LP series discography: 5050 to 5099 accessed April 29, 2016
^ ^a ^b Yanow, Scott. Blues for Duke – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved April 29, 2016.
^ Lane, George (February 15, 1979). "Shades of Blue". Bay State Banner. No. 19. p. 15.

[1] Fitzgerald, M. & Ziegler, F. Muse Records Listing accessed April 29, 2016

[2] Muse LP series discography: 5050 to 5099 accessed April 29, 2016

[Allmusic-3] Yanow, Scott. Blues for Duke – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved April 29, 2016.

[4] Lane, George (February 15, 1979). "Shades of Blue". Bay State Banner. No. 19. p. 15.

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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader or co-leader	Sonny Stitt/Bud Powell/J. J. Johnson (1949–50) Stitt's Bits (1950) Kaleidoscope (1950–52) Jazz at the Hi-Hat (1954) The Battle of Birdland (and Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, 1954) Sonny Stitt Plays Arrangements from the Pen of Quincy Jones (1955) Sonny Stitt Plays (1955) New York Jazz (1956) For Musicians Only (with Dizzy Gillespie and Stan Getz, 1956) 37 Minutes and 48 Seconds with Sonny Stitt (c.1956/57) Only the Blues (1957) Personal Appearance (1957) Sonny Stitt with the New Yorkers (1957) Burnin' (1958) Sonny Stitt (1958) The Saxophones of Sonny Stitt (1958) A Little Bit of Stitt (1959) Saxophone Supremacy (1959) Sonny Stitt Blows the Blues (1959) Sonny Stitt Plays Jimmy Giuffre Arrangements (1959) Sonny Stitt Sits in with the Oscar Peterson Trio (1959) Sonny Side Up (with Dizzy Gillespie and Sonny Rollins, Verve, 1959) Sonny Stitt Swings the Most (1959) The Hard Swing (1959) The Sonny Side of Stitt (1959) Previously Unreleased Recordings (1960) Sonny Side Up (Roost, 1960) Stittsville (1960) Stitt in Orbit (1960–62) Sonny Stitt at the D. J. Lounge (1961) The Sensual Sound of Sonny Stitt (1961) Feelin's (1962) Low Flame (1962) Rearin' Back (1962) Sonny Stitt & the Top Brass (1962) Stitt Meets Brother Jack (with "Brother" Jack McDuff, 1962) Move on Over (1963) My Mother's Eyes (1963) Now! (1963) Primitivo Soul! (1963) Salt and Pepper (and Paul Gonsalves, 1963) Soul Shack (with "Brother" Jack McDuff, 1963) Stitt Goes Latin (1963) Stitt Plays Bird (1963) My Main Man (and Bennie Green, 1964) Shangri-La (with Don Patterson, 1964) Sax Expressions (1965) Sonny Stitt / Live at Ronnie Scott's (with Dick Morrissey, 1965) Soul People (with Booker Ervin and Don Patterson, 1964–69) Broadway Soul (1965) Inter-Action (and Zoot Sims, 1965) Night Crawler (with Don Patterson, 1965) Pow! (with Bennie Green, 1965) The Matadors Meet the Bull (1965) Deuces Wild (1966) I Keep Comin' Back! (1966) Soul in the Night (and Bunky Green, 1966) What's New!!! (1966) Parallel-a-Stitt (1967) Little Green Apples (1968) Soul Electricity! (1968) Come Hither (1969) Night Letter (1969) Black Vibrations (1971) Turn It On! (1971) 12! (1972) Constellation (1972) Goin' Down Slow (1972) Tune-Up! (1972) Mr. Bojangles (1973) The Champ (1973) Satan (1974) Blues for Duke (1975) Dumpy Mama (1975) Mellow (1975) My Buddy: Sonny Stitt Plays for Gene Ammons (1975) Forecast: Sonny & Red (with Red Holloway, 1976) I Remember Bird (1978) Stomp Off Let's Go (1976) Sonny Stitt with Strings: A Tribute to Duke Ellington (1977) In Style (1981) The Last Sessions (1982)
And Gene Ammons	All Star Sessions (1950–55) Dig Him! (1961) Boss Tenors (1961) Boss Tenors in Orbit! (1962) Soul Summit (with "Brother"Jack McDuff, 1962) You Talk That Talk! (1971) God Bless Jug and Sonny (1973) Left Bank Encores (1973) Together Again for the Last Time (1973)
With Dizzy Gillespie	The Modern Jazz Sextet (1956) Duets (1957) The Giants of Jazz (with Art Blakey, Thelonious Monk, Kai Winding, 1971) The Bop Session (1975)
With Don Patterson	Patterson's People (1964) Tune Up! (1964–69) The Boss Men (1965) Funk You! (1968) Brothers-4 (1969) Donny Brook (1969)
With others	A Jazz Message (with Art Blakey, 1963) In Walked Sonny (with Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers, 1975) The Oscar Peterson Trio with Sonny Stitt, Roy Eldridge and Jo Jones at Newport (1957)

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