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1956 studio album by Sonny Stitt From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

New York Jazz is an album by saxophonist Sonny Stitt recorded in 1956 and originally released on the Verve label.[3]

Released1956
RecordedSeptember 14, 1956
StudiosFine Sound, New York City
GenreJazz
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New York Jazz
Studio album by
Released1956
RecordedSeptember 14, 1956
StudiosFine Sound, New York City
GenreJazz
Length46:00
LabelsVerve
MGV 8219
ProducerNorman Granz
Sonny Stitt chronology
Sonny Stitt Plays
(1955)
New York Jazz
(1956)
For Musicians Only
(1956)
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Track listing

All compositions by Sonny Stitt except as indicated

  1. "Norman's Blues" – 2:43
  2. "I Know That You Know" (Anne Caldwell, Vincent Youmans) – 4:29
  3. "If I Had You" (Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly, Ted Shapiro) – 6:19
  4. "Alone Together" (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) – 4:54
  5. "Twelfth Street Rag" (Euday L. Bowman) – 3:34
  6. "Down Home Blues (Funky Blues)" – 5:13
  7. "Sonny's Tune" – 5:32
  8. "Stars Fell on Alabama" (Mitchell Parish, Frank Perkins) – 4:11
  9. "Body and Soul" (Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton, Johnny Green) – 4:31
  10. "Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) – 4:37

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