New York Jazz is an album by saxophonist Sonny Stitt recorded in 1956 and originally released on the Verve label.[2]

New York Jazz
Studio album by Sonny Stitt
Released	1956
Recorded	September 14, 1956 Fine Sound, New York City
Genre	Jazz
Length	46:00
Label	Verve MGV 8219
Producer	Norman Granz
Sonny Stitt chronology
Sonny Stitt Plays (1955) New York Jazz (1956) For Musicians Only (1956)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[1]

Track listing

All compositions by Sonny Stitt except as indicated

1. "Norman's Blues " – 2:43
2. "I Know That You Know" (Anne Caldwell, Vincent Youmans) – 4:29
3. "If I Had You" (Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly, Ted Shapiro) – 6:19
4. "Alone Together" (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) – 4:54
5. "Twelfth Street Rag" (Euday L. Bowman) – 3:34
6. "Down Home Blues (Funky Blues)" – 5:13
7. "Sonny's Tune" – 5:32
8. "Stars Fell on Alabama" (Mitchell Parish, Frank Perkins) – 4:11
9. "Body and Soul" (Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton, Johnny Green) – 4:31
10. "Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) – 4:37

Personnel

Performance

• Sonny Stitt - alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
• Jimmy Jones – piano
• Ray Brown – bass
• Jo Jones - drums

References