Sonny Stitt - Boppin' in Baltimore: Live at the Left Bank

PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED RECORDINGS!!!

2-LP SET MASTERED FOR VINYL BY BERNIE GRUNDMAN

Boppin’ In Baltimore: Live at the Left Bank is a previously unissued recording of saxophone master Sonny Stitt captured live at the Famous Ballroom in Baltimore, MD on November 11, 1973, for the Left Bank Jazz Society. Recorded by Left Bank founder Vernon Welsh, Boppin’ In Baltimore is an official release in cooperation with the Sonny Stitt Estate and features an all-star rhythm section of pianist Kenny Barron, bassist Sam Jones and drummer Louis Hayes. The deluxe limited-edition 180-gram 2-LP set includes an extensive booklet with rare photos by Christian Rose, Raymond Ross, Tom Copi, Burt Goldblatt and others; liner notes by acclaimed jazz critic Bob Blumenthal; and interviews with Barron, Hayes and saxophone icon Charles McPherson, Muse Records founder and producer Don Schlitten, and an archival interview with Sonny Stitt himself from the early 1970s conducted by Marc Vasey in Canada. 

Tracklist 

SIDE A

Baltimore Blues (19:30) 
(Sonny Stitt)

SIDE B

Lover Man (Oh Where Can You Be?) (8:32) 
(Jimmy Davis/Roger “Ram” Ramirez/Jimmy Sherman)

Star Eyes (5:42)  
(Gene DePaul/Don Raye)

They Can't Take That Away From Me (9:25) 
(George Gershwin/Ira Gershwin)

SIDE C

A Different Blues (14:30)
(Sonny Stitt)

Stella By Starlight (12:33)
(Ned Washington/Victor Young)

SIDE D

Deuces Wild (9:57)
(Sonny Stitt)

The Theme (4:36)
(Miles Davis)

Recorded on November 11, 1973 at the Famous Ballroom in Baltimore, Maryland

Personnel

Sonny Stitt alto saxophone
Kenny Barron piano
Sam Jones bass
Louis Hayes drums

Credits 

Produced for release by Zev Feldman 
Co-produced by Cory Weeds 
Executive Producers for Elemental Music: Jordi Soley and Carlos Agustin Calembert 
Associate Producers: John Fowler and Zak Shelby-Szyszko 

Released in collaboration with Jazz Detective/ Deep Digs Music Group