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{{about|the 1959 album by Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Rollins and Sonny Stitt|the 1960 album by Sonny Stitt|Sonny Side Up (Roost album)}}
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| Name = Sonny Side Up
| Type = [[Album]]
| name = Sonny Side Up
| Artist = [[Dizzy Gillespie]], [[Sonny Stitt]] and [[Sonny Rollins]]
| type = studio album
| artist = [[Dizzy Gillespie]], [[Sonny Stitt]] and [[Sonny Rollins]]
| Cover =
| cover = Sonny_Side_Up.jpg
| Released = December 19, 1957
| alt =
| released = January 1959<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=ISAEAAAAMBAJ&dq=Sonny+Side+Up+8262&pg=PA34 ''Billboard''], February 9, 1959.</ref>
| Recorded = 1957
| recorded = December 19, 1957<br />Nola Recording Studio, [[New York City]]
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| Genre = [[Jazz]]
| Length =
| venue =
| Label = [[Verve Records|Verve]]
| studio =
| Producer = [[Norman Granz]]
| genre = [[Jazz]], [[bebop]], [[hard bop]]
| length = 37:42
| Reviews = *{{amg|id=10:hzfqxq8gld0e|}}{{rating|4|5}}
| label = [[Verve Records|Verve]]<br /><small>MGV-8262</small>
| Last album =
| producer = [[Norman Granz]]
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| This album = '''''Sonny Side Up'''''
| chronology = [[Dizzy Gillespie]]
| Next album =
| prev_title = [[Have Trumpet, Will Excite!]]
| prev_year = 1959
| next_title = [[The Ebullient Mr. Gillespie]]
| next_year = 1959
| misc = {{Extra chronology
| artist = [[Sonny Rollins]]
| type = studio album
| prev_title = [[Freedom Suite (Sonny Rollins album)|Freedom Suite]]
| prev_year = 1958
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| title = Sonny Side Up
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| year = 1959
| next_title = [[Newk's Time]]
| next_year = 1959
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{{Extra chronology
| artist = [[Sonny Stitt]]
| type = Album
| prev_title = [[Sonny Stitt Sits in with the Oscar Peterson Trio]]
| prev_year = 1959
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| title = Sonny Side Up
| year = 1959
| next_title = [[The Hard Swing]]
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|rev1score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name=Cook/>
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'''''Sonny Side Up''''' is an album by [[Dizzy Gillespie]], [[Sonny Stitt]], and [[Sonny Rollins]], recorded and released in 1957 on the [[Verve Records|Verve]] label.


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'''''Sonny Side Up''''' is an album by trumpeter [[Dizzy Gillespie]], and the tenor saxophonists [[Sonny Stitt]] and [[Sonny Rollins]], recorded in December 1957 in [[New York City]]. It was released in 1959 on producer [[Norman Granz]]'s newly launched [[Verve Records|Verve]] label.
Pianist [[Ray Bryant]], bassist [[Tommy Bryant]], and drummer [[Charlie Persip]] provide the rhythm section.<ref>[http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:hzfqxq8gld0e Allmusic review]</ref>


==Tracklisting==
==Reception==
As Thomas Cunniffe has written, "The pairing of Rollins and Stitt was highly inspired. More important than their common nicknames (and the punning album title), tenor saxophonists Rollins and Stitt were both influenced by [[Charlie Parker]], but each took a vastly different approach to improvisation. Stitt transferred Parker's white-hot intensity to the tenor after several fans and critics pointed out the tonal similarity of their alto sounds. Rollins was a more thoughtful player who expanded the vocabulary of bop improvisation by incorporating thematic elements into his solos and by experimenting with different melodic shapes and unusual phrase lengths."<ref>[http://jazzhistoryonline.com/Sonny_Side_Up.html "Dizzy Gillespie:'Sonny Side Up' (Verve 314 521 426)/'Duets' (Verve 835 253)"], Retro Reviews - Jazz History Online.</ref>
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#"[[On the Sunny Side of the Street]]"
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#"The Eternal Triangle"
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#"[[After Hours (Avery Parrish song)|After Hours]]"
#"I Know That You Know"


Pianist [[Ray Bryant]], bassist [[Tommy Bryant]], and drummer [[Charlie Persip]] form the rhythm section.<ref name=Cook>Stephen Cook, [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r139414|pure_url=yes}} ''Sonny Side Up'' – AllMusic Review]</ref> Stephen Cook of AllMusic described the album as "one of the most exciting 'jam session' records in the jazz catalog. ...both a highly enjoyable jazz set and something of an approximation of the music's once-revered live [[cutting contest|cutting session]]".<ref name=Cook />
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==References==

==Track listing==
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#"[[On the Sunny Side of the Street]]" ([[Jimmy McHugh]], [[Dorothy Fields]]) – 5:41
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#"The Eternal Triangle" (Stitt) – 14:10
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#"[[After Hours (Avery Parrish song)|After Hours]]" ([[Avery Parrish]]) – 12:19
#"I Know That You Know" ([[Vincent Youmans]], [[Anne Caldwell]]) – 5:27

==Personnel==
*[[Dizzy Gillespie]] – trumpet, vocal (track 1)
*[[Sonny Stitt]] – tenor saxophone
*[[Sonny Rollins]] – tenor saxophone
*[[Ray Bryant]] – piano
*[[Tommy Bryant]] – double bass
*[[Charlie Persip]] – drums

===Additional personnel===
*Burt Goldblatt – cover photography
*[[Nat Hentoff]] – liner notes

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== References ==
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Latest revision as of 19:27, 23 December 2023

This article is about the 1959 album by Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Rollins and Sonny Stitt. For the 1960 album by Sonny Stitt, see Sonny Side Up (Roost album).
Sonny Side Up
Studio album by
Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Stitt and Sonny Rollins
ReleasedJanuary 1959[1]
RecordedDecember 19, 1957
Nola Recording Studio, New York City
GenreJazz, bebop, hard bop
Length37:42
LabelVerve
MGV-8262
ProducerNorman Granz
Dizzy Gillespie chronology
Have Trumpet, Will Excite!
(1959) 		Sonny Side Up
(1959) 		The Ebullient Mr. Gillespie
(1959)
Sonny Rollins chronology
Freedom Suite
(1958) 		Sonny Side Up
(1959) 		Newk's Time
(1959)
Sonny Stitt chronology
Sonny Stitt Sits in with the Oscar Peterson Trio
(1959) 		Sonny Side Up
(1959) 		The Hard Swing
(1959)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[3]

Sonny Side Up is an album by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, and the tenor saxophonists Sonny Stitt and Sonny Rollins, recorded in December 1957 in New York City. It was released in 1959 on producer Norman Granz's newly launched Verve label.

Reception[edit]

As Thomas Cunniffe has written, "The pairing of Rollins and Stitt was highly inspired. More important than their common nicknames (and the punning album title), tenor saxophonists Rollins and Stitt were both influenced by Charlie Parker, but each took a vastly different approach to improvisation. Stitt transferred Parker's white-hot intensity to the tenor after several fans and critics pointed out the tonal similarity of their alto sounds. Rollins was a more thoughtful player who expanded the vocabulary of bop improvisation by incorporating thematic elements into his solos and by experimenting with different melodic shapes and unusual phrase lengths."[4]

Pianist Ray Bryant, bassist Tommy Bryant, and drummer Charlie Persip form the rhythm section.[2] Stephen Cook of AllMusic described the album as "one of the most exciting 'jam session' records in the jazz catalog. ...both a highly enjoyable jazz set and something of an approximation of the music's once-revered live cutting session".[2]

Track listing[edit]

  1. "On the Sunny Side of the Street" (Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields) – 5:41
  2. "The Eternal Triangle" (Stitt) – 14:10
  3. "After Hours" (Avery Parrish) – 12:19
  4. "I Know That You Know" (Vincent Youmans, Anne Caldwell) – 5:27

Personnel[edit]

Additional personnel[edit]

  • Burt Goldblatt – cover photography
  • Nat Hentoff – liner notes

References[edit]

  1. ^ Billboard, February 9, 1959.
  2. ^ a b c Stephen Cook, Sonny Side Up – AllMusic Review
  3. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 533. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  4. ^ "Dizzy Gillespie:'Sonny Side Up' (Verve 314 521 426)/'Duets' (Verve 835 253)", Retro Reviews - Jazz History Online.
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