Soul Electricity! is an album by saxophonist Sonny Stitt recorded in 1968 and released on the Prestige label.[1] The album features Stitt using the varitone, an electronic amplification device which altered the saxophone's sound.[2]
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| Released | 1968 | |||
| Recorded | September 23, 1968 | |||
| Studio | Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 39:14 | |||
| Label | Prestige PR-7635 | |||
| Producer | Don Schlitten | |||
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Reception
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [3] |
| DownBeat | [4] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [5] |
Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars stating: "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".[3]
Track listing
edit- "All the Things You Are" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) - 5:58
- "Lover Man" (Jimmy Davis, Roger "Ram" Ramirez, Jimmy Sherman) - 3:25
- "P.S. I Love You" (Gordon Jenkins, Johnny Mercer) - 5:35
- "Stella by Starlight" (Ned Washington, Victor Young) - 5:24
- "Bye Bye Blackbird" (Mort Dixon, Ray Henderson) - 5:33
- "Over the Rainbow" (Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg) - 3:57
- "Candy" (Mack David, Alex Kramer, Joan Whitney) - 5:50
- "Strike Up the Band" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 3:30
Personnel
edit- Sonny Stitt - alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, varitone
- Don Patterson - organ
- Billy Butler - guitar
- Billy James - drums
References
edit- ↑ Prestige Records Discography accessed January 9, 2013
- ↑ Myers, M. Sonny Stitt: Varitone Redux, All About Jazz, December 20, 2011
- 1 2 Unterberger, R. Allmusic Review, accessed January 9, 2013
- ↑ Down Beat: May 29, 1969 vol. 36, no. 11. Review by Harvey Pekar.
- ↑ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 185. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.