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Made for Each Other is an album by saxophonist Sonny Stitt recorded in 1968 but not released by the Delmark label until 1972.[1][2][3] The album represents Stitt's fourth recording featuring the varitone, an electronic amplification device which altered the saxophone's sound.[4]

Made for Each Other
Studio album by Sonny Stitt
Released	1972
Recorded	July 13, 1968
Studio	P.S. Studios, Chicago
Genre	Jazz
Length	41:18
Label	Delmark DS 426
Producer	Robert G. Koester, Joe Segal
Sonny Stitt chronology
Parallel-a-Stitt (1967) Made for Each Other (1972) Soul Electricity! (1968)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[5]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[6]

Allmusic reviewer Scott Yanow stated "Sonny Stitt's regular group of the period plays a wide variety of material ... Unfortunately the set is from the period when Stitt often used a Varitone electronic attachment on his alto and tenor which gave him a much more generic sound, lowering the quality of this music despite some strong improvisations. It is an okay set that could have been better".[5] In JazzTimes Patricia Myers wrote "Alto and tenor giant Sonny Stitt always could burn a bebop riff like his idol, Charlie Parker. In this 1968 studio session, Stitt is in perfect sync with ever-grooving organist Don Patterson and tasty drummer Billy James".[7]

Track listing

1. "Samba de Orpheus" (Luiz Bonfá, Antônio Maria, Andre Michel Salvet) – 4:37
2. "Funny" (tenor) (Philip Broughton, Bob Merrill, Marcia Neil, Hughie Prince) – 2:58
3. "Glory of Love" (Billy Hill) – 5:23
4. "The Very Thought of You" (Ray Noble) – 5:43
5. "Blues for J.J." (Sonny Stitt) – 4:42
6. "Funny" (Alto) Broughton, Merrill, Neil, Prince) – 3:02
7. "The Night Has a Thousand Eyes" (Jerry Brainin, Buddy Bernier) – 5:26
8. "Honey" (Bobby Russell) – 3:55
9. "The Night Has a Thousand Eyes" [alternate take] (Brainin, Bernier) – 5:32 Additional track on CD reissue

Personnel

• Sonny Stitt - alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, varitone
• Don Patterson - organ
• Billy James - drums

References

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