One of the great beboppers, Sonny Stitt was a jazz warrior at heart. He loved to travel to cities, pick up a local rhythm section and battle the local heroes on [more]

Among the many tributes paid to Bird's memory was a tour by a sextet including musicians closely related to Parker. The leaders were Sonny Stitt and J.J. Johnson backed by Howard McGhee, [more]

Dizzy Gillespie brings together tenor saxophonists Sonny Stitt and Sonny Rollins for four extended cuts, and in the process comes up with one of the most [more]

Sonny Stitt was so closely identified with Charlie Parker on the alto that even when he played tenor, his style was of the quicker-than-lightning variety with all the notes he could [more]

Tenor saxophonists Gene Ammons and Sonny Stitt co-led a small group in 1950, and this follow-up, taped in the studio in 1961, finds the [more]

In 2007, Jazzbeats reissued two albums by saxophonist Sonny Stitt and Chicago organist Eddie Buster, which were originally released by Argo during the early [more]

This obscure LP finds Sonny Stitt sticking to tenor and playing a typical set filled with blues, standards and riff-filled originals. Organist Charles Kynard made his recording [more]