Sonny Stitt | Soul Electricity

Alto and tenor saxophonist who was a fiery master of the bebop vocabulary and one of the most active recording artists of the bop and post-bop eras. 
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AllMusic Review by Richie Unterberger

The album gets its name because for this session, Stitt plugged his alto and tenor saxophones into a Varitone attachment. What came out, though, was not fusion by any means, but a pretty straight-ahead session that found Sonny his usual competent self. The program is actually on the conservative side, leaning toward standards like Hammerstein-Kern's "All the Things You Are," and Mercer-Jenkins' "P.S. I Love You," "Bye Bye Blackbird," "Over the Rainbow,"and "Stella by Starlight." Stitt's quartet is rounded out by Don Patterson on organ, Billy Butler on guitar, and Billy James on drums. The album has been reissued on CD, paired with a Don Patterson session from the following day (Funk You) on which Stittalso played alto and tenor sax, on the single-disc compilation Legends of Acid Jazz: Sonny Stitt/Don Patterson, Vol. 2.

Sonny Stitt - Varitone Saxophone
Don Patterson - Organ
Billy Butler - Guitar
Billy James - Drums 


01. All The Things You Are 00:00
02. Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be) 06:04
03. P.S. I Love You 09:34
04. Stella By Starlight 15:15
05. Bye Bye Blackbird 20:42
06. Over The Rainbow 26:19
07. Candy 30:22
08. Strike Up The Band 36:17


Rudy Van Gelder Studio
Englewood Cliffs, NJ,
September 23, 1968
Prestige 7635