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Vor 5 Tagen · BBC Music: When Charlie Parker died in 1955, a journalist suggested to Sonny Stitt that he might be ‘the new Bird’. Stitt’s reply was unequivocal: ‘Ain’t no new Bird, man,’ he snapped. ‘Bird’s dead.’. In fact, he’d been a close friend of bebop’s founding father, and a key member of the inner circle that included Dizzy ...
Vor 2 Tagen · Coltrane had just left Miles’ band, finally, a few months earlier, to form his first quartet. Davis, with a European tour coming up, probably had to find a quick replacement and he picked Stitt, presumably because he was available. An 18-minute Four kicks things off, followed by an almost equally long All Of You.
Vor 6 Tagen · The Verve 8000 Jazz Series of LP Records commenced in 1956 with reissues of Clef and Norgran material but soon progressed to issuing new recordings by artists that included Count Basie, Louis Bellson, Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Stitt, Johnny Hodges, Ben Webster, Lester Young and others.
Vor 3 Tagen · Sonny Stitt, born in 1924 in Boston, Massachusetts, was a highly influential American jazz saxophonist known for his virtuosic technique and versatility. Stitt played both alto and tenor ...
Vor 5 Tagen · C&L's Late Nite Music Club: Sonny Stitt, The Eternal Triangle. Sonny Stitt battling Sonny Rollins. Doesn't get better. BBC Music: When Charlie Parker died in 1955, a journalist suggested to Sonny Stitt that he might be ‘the new Bird’. Stitt’s reply was unequivocal: ‘Ain’t no new Bird, man,’ he snapped. ‘Bird’s dead.’.
Vor 5 Tagen · Dig In: The Bebop Essentials Playlist. by Brian Zimmerman. Jazz has its fair share of seminal moments, but there are few that feel as groundbreaking as the creation of bebop. The style — which was ushered into existence in the late 1940s and ’50s by pioneers like Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell and a handful of others ...