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
- "Hello George" - 3:25
- "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" (Duke Ellington) - 5:02
- "Bye Bye Blackbird" (Ray Henderson, Mort Dixon) - 4:27
- "Because It's Love" - 2:35
- "Satin Doll" (Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, Johnny Mercer) - 4:40
- "The Shadow of Your Smile" (Johnny Mandel, Paul Francis Webster) - 5:18
- "Chinatown My Chinatown" (William Jerome, Jean Schwartz) - 3:45
- "Jeep's Blues" (Ellington, Johnny Hodges) - 2:09
- "Laura" (David Raksin, Mercer) - 2:45
Personnel
- Sonny Stitt - alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, varitone
- Jerome Richardson - alto flute
- George Berg - baritone saxophone
- Don Patterson - organ
- George Duvivier - bass
- Walter Jones - drums
References
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