Savoy session · in the studio
August 23, 1946
Sonny Stitt Quintet / The Be Bop Boys
- This day's music is on 3 records: Sonny Stitt, Fats Bud-Klook-Sonny-Kinney, Bird - Diz - Bud - Max
In the room
- Sonny Stitt – alto sax · as Edward Sonny Stitt
- Kinny Durham – trumpet
Bud Powell – piano · as Earl Bud Powell
Al Hall – bass
Kenny Clarke – drums · as Kenny Klook Clarke
The takes
1 of these 7 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
Savoy numbered its masters by the tune, and kept the takes: the figure after the dash is which take of that master it is.
| Matrix · take | Title | First out on |
|---|---|---|
| S3342 | Serenade To A Square | MG 9006, MG 12011 |
| S3343A | Good Kick | MG 9006, MG 12011 |
| S3344 | Seven Up | MG 9006, MG 12011 |
| S3344-? | Seven Up (alternate take) | Not issued at the time · later on Savoy SJL 2247 |
| S3345 | Blues In Be Bop | MG 12011 |
| S3345-? | Blues In Be Bop (alternate take) (as Blues A La Bud) | MG 9034 |
| – | Diz-Iz | MG 9034 |
7 takes · the ones we haven't matched yet are looked up on Spotify when you make it
Where it ended up
MG 9006 · 1952Sonny StittSonny Stitt Quintet / The Be Bop Boys
MG 12011 · 1955Fats Bud-Klook-Sonny-KinneySonny Stitt Quintet / The Be Bop Boys
MG 9034 · 1954Bird - Diz - Bud - MaxVarious ArtistsTogether elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
4 of them 3 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | MG 9005 | Fats Navarro | Fats Navarro / Gil Fuller's Modernists / The Be Bop Boys | 1952 | Sonny Stitt, Bud Powell, Al Hall, Kenny Clarke |
 | MG 9012 | New Sounds In Modern Music | Various Artists | 1952 | Sonny Stitt, Bud Powell, Al Hall, Kenny Clarke |
 | MG 9014 | New Trends Of Jazz Volume 1 | Sonny Stitt | 1952 | Sonny Stitt, Bud Powell, Al Hall, Kenny Clarke |
3 of them 1 album
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | MG 12114 | Opus De Bop | Various Artists | 1957 | Sonny Stitt, Bud Powell, Al Hall |
2 of them 6 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | MG 12020 | Groovin' High With Dizzy Gillespie | Dizzy Gillespie Sextet | 1955 | Sonny Stitt, Kenny Clarke |
 | PRLP 7024 | Sonny Stitt, Bud Powell, J.J. Johnson | Jay Jay Johnson's Boppers | 1956 | Sonny Stitt, Bud Powell |
 | MGV-8301 | The Lonely One... | Bud Powell | 1959 | Bud Powell, Kenny Clarke |
 | BLP 4146 | Our Man In Paris | Dexter Gordon | 1963 | Bud Powell, Kenny Clarke |
| BLP 4430 | Dexter Gordon With The Three Bosses · not on the site yet | Dexter Gordon With The Three Bosses | 1963 | Bud Powell, Kenny Clarke | |
 | CL 2292 | A Portrait Of Thelonious | Bud Powell | 1965 | Bud Powell, Kenny Clarke |