Shangri-La (Sonny Stitt album)

Shangri-La
Studio album by Sonny Stitt with Don Patterson
Released 1964
Recorded March 19, 1964
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Genre Jazz
Label Prestige
PR-7332
Producer Ozzie Cadena
Sonny Stitt chronology
My Main Man
(1964)		 Shangri-La
(1964)		 Soul People
(1964)
Don Patterson chronology
Goin' Down Home
(1964)		 Shangri-La
(1964)		 The Exciting New Organ of Don Patterson
(1964)

Shangr-La is an album by saxophonist Sonny Stitt featuring organist Don Patterson recorded in 1964 and released on the Prestige label.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[3]

Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars stating " Shangri-La doesn't particularly stand out from other, similar albums he made at the time with organ, but it's a respectable set with both uptempo swingers and ballads".[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Sonny Stitt except as indicated

  1. "My New Baby" - 7:21
  2. "Misty" (Johnny Burke, Erroll Garner) - 4:34
  3. "Soul Food" - 7:51
  4. "Shangri-La" (Matty Malneck, Robert Maxwell, Carl Sigman) - 4:44
  5. "Mama Don't Allow It" (Cow Cow Davenport) - 5:54
  6. "The Eternal One" - 5:49

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Prestige Records Discography accessed January 15, 2013
  2. 1 2 Unterberger, R. Allmusic Review, accessed January 15, 2013
  3. ↑ Swenson, J. (Editor) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 185. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
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