Parallel-a-Stitt

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{{Infobox album

| name = Parallel-a-Stitt

| type = Studio

| artist = Sonny Stitt

| cover = Parallel-a-Stitt.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1967

| recorded = 1967

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| studio =

| genre = Jazz

| length =

| label = Roulette
SR-25354

| producer = Henry Glover

| chronology = Sonny Stitt

| prev_title = Deuces Wild

| prev_year = 1966

| next_title = Made for Each Other

| next_year = 1968

}}

Parallel-a-Stitt (subtitled Sonny Stitt on the Varitone) is an album by saxophonist Sonny Stitt recorded in 1967 and released on the Roulette label.Edwards, D. & Callahan, M. [http://www.bsnpubs.com/roulette/roulettea.html Roulette Album Discography, Part 1] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117015124/http://www.bsnpubs.com/roulette/roulettea.html |date=2015-11-17 }} accessed January 4, 2013 The album represents Stitt's third featuring the varitone, an electronic amplification device which altered the saxophone's sound.Myers, M. [http://news.allaboutjazz.com/news.php?id=91169 Sonny Stitt: Varitone Redux], All About Jazz, December 20, 2011

Reception

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Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars.[http://www.allmusic.com/album/parallel-a-stitt-mw0000873965 Allmusic Review], accessed January 8, 2012

Track listing

All compositions by Sonny Stitt except as indicated

  1. "Hello George" - 3:25
  2. "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" (Duke Ellington) - 5:02
  3. "Bye Bye Blackbird" (Ray Henderson, Mort Dixon) - 4:27
  4. "Because It's Love" - 2:35
  5. "Satin Doll" (Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, Johnny Mercer) - 4:40
  6. "The Shadow of Your Smile" (Johnny Mandel, Paul Francis Webster) - 5:18
  7. "Chinatown My Chinatown" (William Jerome, Jean Schwartz) - 3:45
  8. "Jeep's Blues" (Ellington, Johnny Hodges) - 2:09
  9. "Laura" (David Raksin, Mercer) - 2:45

Personnel

References

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Category:1967 albums

Category:Roulette Records albums

Category:Sonny Stitt albums