Prestige PR 7585 · 12-inch LP · 1968

PR 7585

Stitt's Bits Vol. 1

Sonny Stitt

Released: 1968
Tracks: 15

10 more tracks from these dates went to Stitt's Bits
8 more tracks from these dates went to Sonny Stitt Favorites Volume One
4 more tracks from these dates went to Kaleidoscope
3 more tracks from these dates went to Mr. Saxophone
2 more tracks from these dates went to Battle Of The Saxes
1 more track from these dates went to Gene Ammons Favorites Volume One
1 more track from these dates went to Sonny Stitt Favorites Volume Two

Who's on it

Sonny Stitt – tenor sax
Kenny Drew – piano
Tommy Potter – bass
Art Blakey – drums
Duke Jordan – piano
Gene Wright – bass
Wesley Landers – drums
Bill Massey – trumpet
Matthew Gee – trombone
Gene Ammons – baritone sax
Larry Townsend – vocal
Junior Mance – piano
Charlie Bateman – piano

The tracks

Side one

1LaterFebruary 17, 1950 · JRC1009A
2AvalonFebruary 17, 1950 · JRC1008
3Ain't Misbehavin'February 17, 1950 · JRC1010A
4Mean To MeFebruary 17, 1950 · JRC1011
5Stairway To The StarsFebruary 17, 1950 · JRC1012
6LizaJanuary 31, 1951 · 133
7Can't We Be FriendsJanuary 31, 1951 · 134

Side two

1After You've GoneOctober 9, 1950 · 113
2Our Very OwnOctober 9, 1950 · 114
3S'WonderfulOctober 9, 1950 · 115
4To Think You've Chosen MeOctober 9, 1950 · 112
5Nice Work If You Can Get ItQuartet: Sonny Stitt, Duke Jordan, Gene Wright, Wesley LandersJune 28, 1950 · 92A
6Count Every StarQuartet: Sonny Stitt, Duke Jordan, Gene Wright, Wesley LandersJune 28, 1950 · 90A
7Blazin'Quartet: Sonny Stitt, Duke Jordan, Gene Wright, Wesley LandersJune 28, 1950 · 94A
8There'll Never Be Another YouQuartet: Sonny Stitt, Duke Jordan, Gene Wright, Wesley LandersJune 28, 1950 · 93A

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The 4 sessions

February 17, 1950NYCSonny Stitt Quartet
- Sonny Stitt – tenor sax
- Kenny Drew – piano
- Tommy Potter – bass
- Art Blakey – drums
5 tracks on this record · 5 takes that dayOpen the session →
June 28, 1950NYCGene Ammons - Sonny Stitt Quartet
- Gene Ammons – tenor sax
- Sonny Stitt – tenor sax
- Duke Jordan – piano
- Gene Wright – bass
- Wesley Landers – drums
4 tracks on this record · 6 takes that dayOpen the session →
October 9, 1950NYCSonny Stitt Septet
- Sonny Stitt – tenor sax
- Bill Massey – trumpet
- Matthew Gee – trombone
- Gene Ammons – baritone sax
- Larry Townsend – vocal
- Junior Mance – piano
- Gene Wright – bass
- Wesley Landers – drums
4 tracks on this record · 4 takes that dayOpen the session →
January 31, 1951NYCSonny Stitt Quartet
- Sonny Stitt – alto sax
- Charlie Bateman – piano
- Gene Wright – bass
- Art Blakey – drums
2 tracks on this record · 3 takes that dayOpen the session →

Together elsewhere

The other albums at least two of these players are on together.

12 of them 2 albums

	No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
	PRLP 126	Sonny Stitt Favorites Volume One	Sonny Stitt Quartet	1952	Sonny Stitt, Kenny Drew, Tommy Potter, Art Blakey, Duke Jordan, Gene Wright, Wesley Landers, Bill Massey, Matthew Gee, Gene Ammons, Larry Townsend, Junior Mance
	PRLP 7133	Stitt's Bits	Sonny Stitt	1958	Sonny Stitt, Kenny Drew, Tommy Potter, Art Blakey, Duke Jordan, Gene Wright, Wesley Landers, Bill Massey, Matthew Gee, Gene Ammons, Larry Townsend, Junior Mance

11 of them 3 albums

No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
PRLP 107	Battle Of The Saxes	Gene Ammons vs. Sonny Stitt	1951	Sonny Stitt, Tommy Potter, Art Blakey, Duke Jordan, Gene Wright, Wesley Landers, Bill Massey, Matthew Gee, Gene Ammons, Junior Mance, Charlie Bateman
PRLP 112	Gene Ammons Favorites Volume One	Gene Ammons vs. Sonny Stitt	1951	Sonny Stitt, Tommy Potter, Art Blakey, Duke Jordan, Gene Wright, Wesley Landers, Bill Massey, Matthew Gee, Gene Ammons, Junior Mance, Charlie Bateman
PRLP 7050	Gene Ammons All Star Sessions	Gene Ammons vs. Sonny Stitt	1956	Sonny Stitt, Tommy Potter, Art Blakey, Duke Jordan, Gene Wright, Wesley Landers, Bill Massey, Gene Ammons, Larry Townsend, Junior Mance, Charlie Bateman

9 of them 2 albums

	No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
	PRLP 127	Gene Ammons Tenor Sax Favorites (Volume Two)	Gene Ammons And His Band	1952	Sonny Stitt, Art Blakey, Gene Wright, Bill Massey, Matthew Gee, Gene Ammons, Larry Townsend, Junior Mance, Charlie Bateman
	PRLP 148	Sonny Stitt Favorites Volume Two	Sonny Stitt Septet	1953	Sonny Stitt, Art Blakey, Gene Wright, Wesley Landers, Bill Massey, Matthew Gee, Gene Ammons, Larry Townsend, Junior Mance

8 of them 3 albums

No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
PR 7823	Gene Ammons vs. Sonny Stitt · not on the site yet	Gene Ammons vs. Sonny Stitt	1950	Sonny Stitt, Tommy Potter, Art Blakey, Duke Jordan, Gene Wright, Wesley Landers, Bill Massey, Gene Ammons
PRLP 7077	Kaleidoscope	Sonny Stitt	1957	Sonny Stitt, Kenny Drew, Tommy Potter, Art Blakey, Gene Wright, Bill Massey, Junior Mance, Charlie Bateman
PR 7612	Stitt's Bits Vol. 2	Sonny Stitt	1968	Sonny Stitt, Art Blakey, Gene Wright, Bill Massey, Gene Ammons, Larry Townsend, Junior Mance, Charlie Bateman

7 of them 1 album

	No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
	PRLP 111	Mr. Saxophone	Sonny Stitt	1951	Sonny Stitt, Kenny Drew, Tommy Potter, Art Blakey, Gene Wright, Junior Mance, Charlie Bateman

6 of them 1 album

	No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
	MG-36016	The Advance Guard Of The '40s	Various Artists	1955	Sonny Stitt, Tommy Potter, Art Blakey, Wesley Landers, Gene Ammons, Junior Mance

5 of them 1 album

	No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
	PR 7306	Biggest Soul Hits	Gene Ammons	1964	Sonny Stitt, Tommy Potter, Duke Jordan, Bill Massey, Gene Ammons

4 of them 8 albums

No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
PRLP 135	Mambo Jazz	Sonny Stitt, Joe Holiday, Kenny Graham, Sonny Rollins	1952	Sonny Stitt, Kenny Drew, Art Blakey, Bill Massey
MG-26025	Blues For Sale	Billy Eckstine	1954	Sonny Stitt, Tommy Potter, Art Blakey, Gene Ammons
MG-26027	The Love Songs Of Mr. "B"	Billy Eckstine	1954	Sonny Stitt, Tommy Potter, Art Blakey, Gene Ammons
MG-36010	I Surrender, Dear	Billy Eckstine	1955	Sonny Stitt, Tommy Potter, Art Blakey, Gene Ammons
MG-36029	Blues For Sale	Billy Eckstine	1955	Sonny Stitt, Tommy Potter, Art Blakey, Gene Ammons
MG-36030	The Love Songs Of Mr. "B"	Billy Eckstine	1955	Sonny Stitt, Tommy Potter, Art Blakey, Gene Ammons
MG-36038	Boning Up The 'Bones	Various Artists	1955	Sonny Stitt, Tommy Potter, Art Blakey, Gene Ammons
LP-785	Jug & Sonny	Gene Ammons, Sonny Stitt	1967	Wesley Landers, Matthew Gee, Gene Ammons, Junior Mance

3 of them 5 albums

No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
MG 9009	New Sounds In Modern Music Volume 1	Leo Parker	1952	Gene Wright, Gene Ammons, Junior Mance
MG 9018	New Trends Of Jazz Volume 5	Leo Parker	1952	Gene Wright, Gene Ammons, Junior Mance
PRLP 149	Gene Ammons Tenor Sax Favorites Volume Three	Gene Ammons Quartet	1953	Sonny Stitt, Bill Massey, Gene Ammons
MG-26031	With Or Without	Gene Ammons	1954	Gene Wright, Gene Ammons, Junior Mance
MG-36023	Battle Of The Saxes	Various Artists	1955	Wesley Landers, Gene Ammons, Junior Mance

2 of them 41 albums

No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
PR 7298	Prestige/Groovy Goodies	Various Artists	1951	Tommy Potter, Art Blakey
PR 7744	Miles Davis Sextet Featuring Sonny Rollins · not on the site yet	Miles Davis Sextet Featuring Sonny Rollins	1951	Tommy Potter, Art Blakey
MG 9001	New Sounds In Modern Music Volume 2	Charlie Parker	1951	Tommy Potter, Duke Jordan
PRLP 123	Modern Jazz Trombones Volume Two	Bennie Green, J.J. Johnson	1952	Tommy Potter, Art Blakey
PRLP 124	The New Sounds	Miles Davis	1952	Tommy Potter, Art Blakey
PRLP 137	Sonny Rollins Quartet	Sonny Rollins Quartet	1952	Kenny Drew, Art Blakey
MG 9010	New Sounds In Modern Music Volume 3	Charlie Parker	1952	Tommy Potter, Duke Jordan
PRLP 140	Blue Period	Miles Davis	1953	Tommy Potter, Art Blakey
BLP 5023	New Faces-New Sounds	Kenny Drew	1953	Kenny Drew, Art Blakey
MGN-29	The Ideation Of Kenny Drew	Kenny Drew Trio	1954	Kenny Drew, Gene Wright
MGN-1002	The Modernity Of Kenny Drew	Kenny Drew Trio	1954	Kenny Drew, Gene Wright
MGN-1006	The Progressive Mr. DeFranco	The Buddy DeFranco Big Band	1954	Gene Wright, Wesley Landers
BLP 5055	Lou Donaldson Sextet Vol. 2	Lou Donaldson Sextet	1954	Art Blakey, Matthew Gee
MGN-1026	The Buddy DeFranco Quartet	The Buddy DeFranco Quartet	1955	Kenny Drew, Art Blakey
BLP 5064	Julius Watkins Sextet Vol. 2	Julius Watkins Sextet	1955	Art Blakey, Duke Jordan
MG 12000	Charlie Parker Memorial	Charlie Parker All Stars	1955	Tommy Potter, Duke Jordan
MG 12014	The Genius Of Charlie Parker	Charlie Parker Rebeboppers / The Be Bop Boys	1955	Tommy Potter, Duke Jordan
MG-26046	Introducing Joe Gordon	Joe Gordon Quintet	1955	Art Blakey, Junior Mance
MG-36025	Introducing Joe Gordon	Joe Gordon Quintet	1955	Art Blakey, Junior Mance
CL 903	The Cool Voice Of Rita Reys	Rita Reys	1956	Kenny Drew, Art Blakey
MGN-1068	Jazz Tones	The Buddy DeFranco Quartet	1956	Kenny Drew, Art Blakey
MGN-1069	Mr. Clarinet	The Buddy DeFranco Quartet	1956	Kenny Drew, Art Blakey
PRLP 7012	Dig	Miles Davis Featuring Sonny Rollins	1956	Tommy Potter, Art Blakey
PRLP 7013	Conception Featuring Stan Getz, Miles Davis, Zoot Sims, Sonny Rollins, Gerry Mulligan, Lee Konitz	Stan Getz Bop Stars	1956	Tommy Potter, Art Blakey
PRLP 7023	Trombone By Three	J J Johnson, Kai Winding, Benny Green	1956	Tommy Potter, Art Blakey
PRLP 7029	Sonny Rollins With The Modern Jazz Quartet, Art Blakey And Kenny Drew	Sonny Rollins Quartet	1956	Kenny Drew, Art Blakey
PRLP 7039	Hi Fidelity Jam Session	Gene Ammons	1956	Duke Jordan, Gene Ammons
BLP 1537	Quartet/Quintet/Sextet	Lou Donaldson	1957	Art Blakey, Matthew Gee
BCP-6023	Hard Drive - Out Of This World...And The Next World Too	Art Blakeys Jazz Messengers	1957	Art Blakey, Junior Mance
BLP 1596	Blue Lights Volume 1	Kenny Burrell	1958	Art Blakey, Duke Jordan
BLP 1597	Blue Lights Volume 2	Kenny Burrell	1961	Art Blakey, Duke Jordan
LP-697	Dig Him!	Gene Ammons-Sonny Stitt	1962	Sonny Stitt, Gene Ammons
LP 1395	Sonny Stitt & The Top Brass	Sonny Stitt Tentet	1962	Sonny Stitt, Matthew Gee
PRLP 7234	Soul Summit	Gene Ammons & Sonny Stitt With Jack McDuff	1962	Sonny Stitt, Gene Ammons
PR 7774	Gene Ammons & Sonny Stitt Quartet With Jack McDuff · not on the site yet	Gene Ammons & Sonny Stitt Quartet With Jack McDuff	1962	Sonny Stitt, Gene Ammons
V-8426	Boss Tenors: Straight Ahead From Chicago August 1961	Gene Ammons, Sonny Stitt	1962	Sonny Stitt, Gene Ammons
V-8468	Boss Tenors In Orbit!	Gene Ammons & Sonny Stitt + Organ	1962	Sonny Stitt, Gene Ammons
A-45	A Jazz Message	Art Blakey Quartet	1964	Sonny Stitt, Art Blakey
V-8579	Winners All! Down Beat Jazz Poll	Various Artists	1964	Kenny Drew, Art Blakey
LM-82017	3/27/65 - Charlie Parker 10th Memorial Concert Recorded Live At Carnegie Hall	Various Artists	1965	Sonny Stitt, Tommy Potter
PR 7457	Miles Davis Greatest Hits	Miles Davis Sextet Featuring Sonny Rollins	1966	Tommy Potter, Art Blakey