Soul People

{{Infobox album

| name = Soul People

| type = studio

| artist = Sonny Stitt With Booker Ervin & Don Patterson

| cover = Soul_People.jpeg

| alt =

| released = Early September 1965[https://books.google.com/books?id=RCkEAAAAMBAJ&dq=Soul+People+booker+ervin+stitt+7372&pg=PA46 Billboard Sept 4, 1965]

| recorded = August 25, 1964 (#1–5)
August 5, 1966 (#7)
September 15, 1969 (#6)

| venue =

| studio = Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ

| genre = Jazz blues

| length = 40:12 original LP
62:44 CD reissue

| label = Prestige
PRLP 7372

| producer = Ozzie Cadena (#1–5)
Bob Porter (#6)
Cal Lampley (#7)

| chronology = Sonny Stitt

| prev_title = Shangri-La

| prev_year = 1964

| next_title = Sax Expressions

| next_year = 1965

| misc = {{Extra album cover

| header = Alternative cover

| type = Album

| cover = Soul_People2.jpg

| border =

| alt =

| caption = 1993 CD reissue

}}

}}

Soul People is an album by American saxophonists Sonny Stitt and Booker Ervin, and organist Don Patterson. Just like his previous Soul Shack, Soul People features heavily blues-drenched jazz. The original album was recorded in 1964 and issued by Prestige in early 1965. In 1993, it was reissued on CD by Prestige, featuring three additional tracks.

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = Allmusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r148189}}

| rev2 = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide

| rev2Score = {{rating|4|5}}{{Cite book

|editor-last=Swenson

|editor-first=J.

| author-link =

| year = 1985

| title = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide

| publisher = Random House/Rolling Stone

| location = USA

| isbn = 0-394-72643-X

| pages = 185

}}

|rev3 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings

|rev3score = {{Rating|3|4}}{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=1346}}

}}