Sonny Stitt

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Sonny Stitt was an American jazz saxophonist renowned for his virtuosic bebop and hard bop playing, often associated with the stylistic legacy of Charlie Parker.

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Sonny Stitt canonical 38

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bebop musician ⓘ
hard bop musician ⓘ
human ⓘ
jazz musician ⓘ
saxophonist ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1940s ⓘ
associatedWith Art Blakey ⓘ
Bud Powell ⓘ
Charlie Parker ⓘ
Dizzy Gillespie ⓘ
Gene Ammons ⓘ
Miles Davis ⓘ
burialPlace Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Southfield, Michigan, United States ⓘ
causeOfDeath heart attack ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1924-02-02 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1982-07-22 ⓘ
familyName Boatner ⓘ
fullName Edward Hammond Boatner Jr. ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
genre bebop ⓘ
hard bop ⓘ
jazz ⓘ
givenName Edward ⓘ
influencedBy Charlie Parker ⓘ
instrument alto saxophone ⓘ
baritone saxophone ⓘ
tenor saxophone ⓘ
notableCollaboration Sonny Side Up with Dizzy Gillespie and Sonny Rollins ⓘ
Sonny Stitt and Gene Ammons recordings ⓘ
notableWork Sonny Side Up ⓘ
Sonny Stitt Plays ⓘ
Soul People ⓘ
Stitt Plays Bird ⓘ
The Champ ⓘ
Tune-Up! ⓘ
linked to: Tune Up
occupation bandleader ⓘ
composer ⓘ
musician ⓘ
placeOfBirth Boston, Massachusetts, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Washington, D.C., United States ⓘ
linked to: Washington, D.C.
recordLabel Argo Records ⓘ
Muse Records ⓘ
Prestige Records ⓘ
Roost Records ⓘ
Verve Records ⓘ
stageName Sonny Stitt ⓘ
styleCharacteristic rapid bebop lines ⓘ
strong blues influence ⓘ
virtuosic improvisation ⓘ

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Impulse! Records → notableArtist → Sonny Stitt ⓘ
Prestige Records → notableArtist → Sonny Stitt ⓘ
Argo Records → associatedWith → Sonny Stitt ⓘ
"I'm Old Fashioned" → hasNotablePerformer → Sonny Stitt ⓘ
subject linked to: I'm Old Fashioned
Jazz à Juan → hasNotablePerformer → Sonny Stitt ⓘ
Riverside Records → recordedArtist → Sonny Stitt ⓘ
Groovin' High → notablePerformer → Sonny Stitt ⓘ
Blowin’ a Fuse → composer → Sonny Stitt ⓘ
Blowin’ a Fuse → performer → Sonny Stitt ⓘ
Blowin’ a Fuse → recordingArtist → Sonny Stitt ⓘ
Blowin’ a Fuse → hasCreator → Sonny Stitt ⓘ
Blowin’ a Fuse → musicalArtist → Sonny Stitt ⓘ
In the Now → artist → Sonny Stitt ⓘ
subject linked to: Blowin’ a Fuse
Barry Harris → collaboratedWith → Sonny Stitt ⓘ
"What Am I Here For?" → hasNotablePerformer → Sonny Stitt ⓘ
subject linked to: What Am I Here For?
I'm Just a Lucky So-and-So → hasNotableRecordingBy → Sonny Stitt ⓘ
subject linked to: I’m Just a Lucky So-and-So
Oh, You Crazy Moon → hasPerformer → Sonny Stitt ⓘ
Tommy Potter → recordedWith → Sonny Stitt ⓘ
Sonny Stitt → stageName → Sonny Stitt ⓘ
John Lewis → associatedAct → Sonny Stitt ⓘ
Ah-Leu-Cha → notablePerformer → Sonny Stitt ⓘ
It's You or No One → performer → Sonny Stitt ⓘ
George Morrow → associatedWith → Sonny Stitt ⓘ
Muse Records → notableArtist → Sonny Stitt ⓘ
Gerald Wiggins → workedWith → Sonny Stitt ⓘ
Gene Ammons → associatedAct → Sonny Stitt ⓘ
Red Holloway → associatedAct → Sonny Stitt ⓘ
Roy Brooks → associatedAct → Sonny Stitt ⓘ
Confessin' → hasNotableRecordingBy → Sonny Stitt ⓘ
subject linked to: "Confessin'"
Lullaby of the Leaves → hasNotableRecordingBy → Sonny Stitt ⓘ
subject linked to: “Lullaby of the Leaves”