My Buddy: Sonny Stitt Plays for Gene Ammons
{{Infobox album
| name = My Buddy: Sonny Stitt Plays for Gene Ammons
| type = Studio
| artist = Sonny Stitt
| cover = My Buddy Sonny Stitt Plays for Gene Ammons.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1976
| recorded = July 2, 1975
| venue =
| studio = Bell Sound (New York City)
| genre = Jazz
| length =
| label = Muse
MR 5091
| producer = Bob Porter
| chronology = Sonny Stitt
| prev_title = The Bop Session
| prev_year = 1975
| next_title = Dumpy Mama
| next_year = 1975
}}
My Buddy: Sonny Stitt Plays for Gene Ammons is an album by saxophonist Sonny Stitt featuring selections associated with his fellow musician Gene Ammons recorded in 1975 and released on the Muse label in 1976.Fitzgerald, M. & Ziegler, F. [http://www.jazzdiscography.com/Labels/muse.htm Muse Records Listing] accessed April 29, 2016[http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_Label_Muse_5050.htm Muse LP series discography: 5050 to 5099] accessed April 29, 2016
Reception
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
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Allmusic reviewed the album calling it a "fine tribute album" and stating "this is a high-quality bop set".{{AllMusic|first=Scott |last=Yanow |class=album |id=mw0001881846 |title=My Buddy: Stitt Plays for Gene Ammons – Review |accessdate=April 29, 2016}}
Track listing
- "You Can Depend On Me" (Charles Carpenter, Louis Dunlap, Earl Hines) - 7:13
- "Red Top" (Gene Ammons) - 4:01
- "Exactly Like You" (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh) - 4:55
- "My Buddy" (Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn) - 6:12
- "Confirmation" (Charlie Parker) - 4:25
- "Blues for Brad and Kolax" (Sonny Stitt) - 7:05
Personnel
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