Prestige session · in the studio
September 17, 1963
Sonny Stitt Quartet With Jack McDuff
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
- This day's music is on 2 records: Soul Shack, Prestige/Groovy Goodies
In the room
- Sonny Stitt – alto, tenor sax
- Jack McDuff – organ
- Leonard Gaskin – bass
- Herbie Lovelle – drums
The takes
2 of these 8 takes stayed in the vault at the time: alternates and tunes that weren't issued. Switch to hear only the ones that came out on the records.
What the numbers mean
918 is a matrix number: Prestige gave every tune it recorded the next number in one running series. Most dates kept only the take that was issued, so there's seldom a take number beside it.
| Matrix · take | Title | First out on |
|---|---|---|
| 3967 | Sunday | PR 7297, PR 7769 |
| 3968 | Hairy | PR 7297, PR 7701 |
| 3969 | Love Nest | PR 7297, PR 7769 |
| 3970 | Untitled Blues | Not issued at the time |
| 3971 | Soul Shack | PR 7297, PR 7298, PR 7701 |
| 3972 | For You | PR 7297, PR 7769 |
| 3973 | Untitled Blues | Not issued at the time |
| 3974 | Shadows | PR 7297 |
8 takes · the ones we haven't matched yet are looked up on Spotify when you make it
Where it ended up
Together elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
The whole band 1 album
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | PR 7313 | Prestige/Groovy Goodies Vol. 2 | Various Artists | 1962 | Sonny Stitt, Jack McDuff, Leonard Gaskin, Herbie Lovelle |
3 of them 1 album
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | PR 7302 | Primitivo Soul! | Sonny Stitt | 1964 | Sonny Stitt, Leonard Gaskin, Herbie Lovelle |
2 of them 11 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | PRLP 7234 | Soul Summit | Gene Ammons & Sonny Stitt With Jack McDuff | 1962 | Sonny Stitt, Jack McDuff |
 | PRLP 7244 | Stitt Meets Brother Jack | Sonny Stitt With Jack McDuff | 1962 | Sonny Stitt, Jack McDuff |
| PR 7701 | Sonny Stitt Quintet With Jack McDuff · not on the site yet | Sonny Stitt Quintet With Jack McDuff | 1962 | Sonny Stitt, Jack McDuff | |
| PR 7769 | Sonny Stitt Quintet With Jack McDuff · not on the site yet | Sonny Stitt Quintet With Jack McDuff | 1962 | Sonny Stitt, Jack McDuff | |
| 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, Jack McDuff | |
| PR 7713 | Jimmy Witherspoon · not on the site yet | Jimmy Witherspoon | 1963 | Leonard Gaskin, Herbie Lovelle | |
| PR 7778 | Red Holloway Sextet · not on the site yet | Red Holloway Sextet | 1963 | Leonard Gaskin, Herbie Lovelle | |
 | PR 7299 | The Burner | Red Holloway | 1964 | Leonard Gaskin, Herbie Lovelle |
 | PR 7314 | Blues Around The Clock | Jimmy Witherspoon | 1964 | Leonard Gaskin, Herbie Lovelle |
 | LP-754 | Spectrum | Illinois Jacquet | 1965 | Leonard Gaskin, Herbie Lovelle |
 | PR 7377 | Soul Blues | Lightnin' Hopkins | 1965 | Leonard Gaskin, Herbie Lovelle |