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This album starts off with one of the underrated gems of the 1960s, an exciting matchup by tenors Sonny Stitt and Paul Gonsalves. Other than the brief throwaway "Theme from Lord of the Flies" (producer Bob Thiele's idea), this is very much a jam session set, with "Salt and Pepper" being a heated medium-tempo blues and the two competitive tenors stretching out on "S'posin'" and a lengthy "Perdido." Actually, the most memorable selection from the date is the one on which Stitt switches to alto, "Stardust." His beautiful playing behind Gonsalves' warm melody statement raises the session to the classic level. Also included on this consistently exciting recording is a Sonny Stitt quartet set originally titled Now! Although Stitt (doubling on alto and tenor) recorded scores of quartet sessions, he sounds particularly inspired here, especially on such offbeat material as "Estralita," the Dixieland standard "Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone," and "My Mother's Eyes." Highly recommended to bebop and straight-ahead jazz fans.Features:
• Super Audio CD
• SACD Stereo SACD Layer
• This Hybrid SACD contains a 'Red Book' Stereo CD Layer which is playable on most conventional CD Players!
• Original Impulse Label Recording
Musicians:
Sonny Stitt, alto sax, tenor sax
Paul Gonsalves, tenor sax
Milt Hinton, bass
Osie Johnson, drums
Hank Jones, piano
Al Lucas, bass
Selections:
1. Salt and Pepper
2. S'posin'
3. Theme from Lord Po the Flies
4. Perdido
5. Stardust
6. Surfin'
7. Lester Leaps In
8. Estralita
9. Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone
10. Touchy
11. Never ---SH!
12. My Mother's Eyes
13. I'm Getting Sentimental over You