Sonny Stitt - Goin' Down Slow (1972)

Tracklist

01. Miss Ann, Lisa, Sue and Sadie (14:10)
02. Where is Love? (4:24)
03. Living Without you (7:31)
04. Goin' Down Slow (3:54)
05. Moving Beauty (3:48)
06. Back Door (6:31)
07. Your Love is so Doggone Good (5:46)
08. Orange Ashtray (3:44)
09. I Don't Know Yet (7:20)
10. The More I See You (4:41)
11. Speculation (3:54)

personnel :

Sonny Stitt - alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
Thad Jones - trumpet
Hank Jones - piano
Billy Butler, Wally Richardson - guitar
George Duvivier - bass
Idris Muhammad - drums
Buddy Caldwell - congas, bells
David Nadien, Max Ellen, Julius Brand, Herbert Baumel - violins

Sonny Stitt was in one of his prime periods during the early '70s and this LP finds him in particularly creative form. Best is the 14-minute "Miss Ann, Lisa, Sue and Sadie" which features Stitt, trumpeter Thad Jones, guitarist Billy Butler, and pianist Hank Jones soloing over a small string section; Jones' arrangement is quite memorable. Although the other four selections are not quite at the same level, Stitt is in top form throughout this inventive date.~Scott Yanow