Sonny Stitt Plays Jimmy Giuffre Arrangements is an album by saxophonist Sonny Stitt performing music arranged by Jimmy Giuffre recorded in 1959 and originally released on the Verve label.[1]

Sonny Stitt Plays Jimmy Giuffre Arrangements
Studio album by Sonny Stitt
Released	1959
Recorded	February 16, 1959 Los Angeles, CA
Genre	Jazz
Length	43:47
Label	Verve MGV 8309
Sonny Stitt chronology
The Hard Swing (1959) Sonny Stitt Plays Jimmy Giuffre Arrangements (1959) A Little Bit of Stitt (1959)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

The Allmusic site awarded the album 4½ stars.[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Sonny Stitt except as indicated

1. "New York Blues" (Jimmy Giuffre) - 3:56
2. "Giuff" - 2:58
3. "Laura" (David Raksin, Johnny Mercer) - 4:50
4. "Sonny Boy" (Ray Henderson, Buddy De Sylva, Lew Brown) - 3:57
5. "Down Country" (Stitt, Giuffre) - 6:57
6. "Singin' in the Rain" (Nacio Herb Brown, Arthur Freed) - 4:27
7. "Uptown" - 5:21
8. "Downtown" - 4:38
9. "I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Henry Nemo, John Redmond) - 3:23
10. "Two for Timbucktu" (Giuffre) - 3:20

Personnel

• Sonny Stitt - alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
• Jimmy Giuffre - tenor saxophone, arranger
• Lee Katzman, Jack Sheldon - trumpet
• Frank Rosolino - trombone
• Al Pollen - tuba
• Jimmy Rowles – piano
• Buddy Clark – bass
• Lawrence Marable - drums

References