Artist: Sonny Stitt
Album: Stitt Goes Latin
Genre: Bop
Label: Roost/EMI Music Japan
Released: 1963/2011
Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue)
Tracklist:
- Are You Listening (3:37)
- Amigos (4:42)
- My Little Red Suede Shoes (4:10)
- Ritmo Bobo (6:12)
- I Told You So (5:25)
- Chic (5:20)
- Senor Jones (5:17)
- Autumn Leaves (5:16)
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- Personnel:
- Sonny Stitt - alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
- Thad Jones - trumpet
- Chick Corea - piano
- Larry Gales - bass
- Willie Bobo - drums
- Carlos "Patato" Valdes - congas, bongos
- Osvaldo "Chihuahua" Martinez - cowbell, maracas, jawbone
Sonny Stitt goes Latin – and the results are tremendous! The set's still got all the soulful feel of the best Stitt sessions for Roost, but it brings in some nice Latin rhythms too – inflecting things with that blend of soul jazz and congas you might find over at Prestige or Blue Note, yet also taking things further, too – given the Roost/Roulette connection to the New York Latin scene! Sonny plays both alto and tenor, and gets jazzy accompaniment from Thad Jones on trumpet – but the rhythm section is the real charmer here – and features a young Chick Corea on piano, Larry Gales on bass, and the trio of Willie Bobo, Patato Valdes, and Chihuaua Martinez on percussion! Most tunes are originals – a great change from the usual Latinized standards you might find on a set like this – and Stitt's got this nicely exotic tone in his reeds which is a further highlight of the record – almost a Yusef Lateef inflection at points.