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1959 studio album by Sonny Stitt
The Hard Swing |
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Released | 1959 |
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Recorded | February 9, 1959 New York City |
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Genre |
Jazz |
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Label |
Verve MG V-8306 |
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Professional ratingsReview scores |
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Source | Rating |
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Allmusic |
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The Hard Swing is an album by saxophonist
Sonny Stitt's Quartet recorded in 1959 and released on the
Verve label.
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The
Allmusic site awarded the album 3 stars.
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- "
I Got Rhythm" (
George Gershwin,
Ira Gershwin) - 3:07
- "
What's New?" (
Bob Haggart,
Johnny Burke) - 3:41
- "Subito" - 3:57
- "
If I Had You" (
Irving King,
Ted Shapiro) - 4:08
- "
I'll Remember April" (
Don Raye,
Gene de Paul, Patricia Johnston) - 4:36
- "Blues for Lester" - 4:24
- "
After You've Gone" (
Henry Creamer,
Turner Layton) - 3:47
- "
Street of Dreams" (
Sam M. Lewis,
Victor Young) - 2:41
- "
The Way You Look Tonight" (
Dorothy Fields,
Jerome Kern) - 5:03
- "Presto" - 3:27
- "
Tune Up" (
Miles Davis) - 4:07
- Sonny Stitt Quartet
- Technical
- Sheldon Marks - art direction
- Norman Gollin - cover design
- Tommy Mitchell - cover photography
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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release. |
As leader or co-leader |
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Sonny Stitt/Bud Powell/J. J. Johnson (1949–50)
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Stitt's Bits (1950)
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Kaleidoscope (1950–52)
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Jazz at the Hi-Hat (1954)
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The Battle of Birdland (and
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, 1954)
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Sonny Stitt Plays Arrangements from the Pen of Quincy Jones (1955)
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Sonny Stitt Plays (1955)
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New York Jazz (1956)
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For Musicians Only (with
Dizzy Gillespie and
Stan Getz, 1956)
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37 Minutes and 48 Seconds with Sonny Stitt (c.1956/57)
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Only the Blues (1957)
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Personal Appearance (1957)
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Sonny Stitt with the New Yorkers (1957)
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Burnin' (1958)
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Sonny Stitt (1958)
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The Saxophones of Sonny Stitt (1958)
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A Little Bit of Stitt (1959)
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Saxophone Supremacy (1959)
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Sonny Stitt Blows the Blues (1959)
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Sonny Stitt Plays Jimmy Giuffre Arrangements (1959)
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Sonny Stitt Sits in with the Oscar Peterson Trio (1959)
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Sonny Side Up (with Dizzy Gillespie and
Sonny Rollins,
Verve, 1959)
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Sonny Stitt Swings the Most (1959)
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The Hard Swing (1959)
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The Sonny Side of Stitt (1959)
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Previously Unreleased Recordings (1960)
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Sonny Side Up (
Roost, 1960)
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Stittsville (1960)
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Stitt in Orbit (1960–62)
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Sonny Stitt at the D. J. Lounge (1961)
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The Sensual Sound of Sonny Stitt (1961)
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Feelin's (1962)
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Low Flame (1962)
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Rearin' Back (1962)
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Sonny Stitt & the Top Brass (1962)
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Stitt Meets Brother Jack (with
"Brother" Jack McDuff, 1962)
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Move on Over (1963)
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My Mother's Eyes (1963)
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Now! (1963)
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Primitivo Soul! (1963)
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Salt and Pepper (and
Paul Gonsalves, 1963)
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Soul Shack (with "Brother" Jack McDuff, 1963)
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Stitt Goes Latin (1963)
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Stitt Plays Bird (1963)
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My Main Man (and
Bennie Green, 1964)
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Shangri-La (with
Don Patterson, 1964)
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Sax Expressions (1965)
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Sonny Stitt / Live at Ronnie Scott's (with
Dick Morrissey, 1965)
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Soul People (with
Booker Ervin and Don Patterson, 1964–69)
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Broadway Soul (1965)
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Inter-Action (and
Zoot Sims, 1965)
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Night Crawler (with Don Patterson, 1965)
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Pow! (with Bennie Green, 1965)
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The Matadors Meet the Bull (1965)
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Deuces Wild (1966)
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I Keep Comin' Back! (1966)
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Soul in the Night (and
Bunky Green, 1966)
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What's New!!! (1966)
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Parallel-a-Stitt (1967)
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Little Green Apples (1968)
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Soul Electricity! (1968)
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Come Hither (1969)
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Night Letter (1969)
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Black Vibrations (1971)
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Turn It On! (1971)
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12! (1972)
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Constellation (1972)
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Goin' Down Slow (1972)
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Tune-Up! (1972)
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Mr. Bojangles (1973)
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The Champ (1973)
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Satan (1974)
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Blues for Duke (1975)
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Dumpy Mama (1975)
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Mellow (1975)
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My Buddy: Sonny Stitt Plays for Gene Ammons (1975)
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Forecast: Sonny & Red (with
Red Holloway, 1976)
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I Remember Bird (1978)
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Stomp Off Let's Go (1976)
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Sonny Stitt with Strings: A Tribute to Duke Ellington (1977)
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In Style (1981)
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The Last Sessions (1982)
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And
Gene Ammons | |
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With
Dizzy Gillespie | |
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With
Don Patterson | |
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With others | |
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