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Sonny Stitt And Art Blakey With The Jazz Messengers: In Walked Sonny

In September 1975, “Sonet Records” label released “In Walked Sonny”, album by Sonny Stitt and Art Blakey with The Jazz Messengers. It was recorded in May 1975, in New York City, and was produced by Sam Charters.

Personnel:

  • Sonny Stitt – alto and tenor saxophone
  • Art Blakey – drums
  • David Schnitter – tenor saxophone
  • Bill Hardman – trumpet
  • Walter Davis, Jr. – piano
  • Yoshio “Chin” Suzuki – bass
  • Elvin Campbell – engineer 
  • Terence Brace – design
  • Kenji Takigami – photography
  • Sam Charters – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Blues March – Benny Golson
  2. It Might as Well Be Spring – Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II
  3. Birdlike – Freddie Hubbard
  4. I Can’t Get Started – George Gershwin, Vernon Duke
  5. Ronnie’s a Dynamite Lady – Walter Davis, Jr.
  6. In Walked Sonny – Sonny Stitt