Sonny Side Up (Roost album)

This article is about the 1960 album by Sonny Stitt. For the 1957 album by Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Rollins and Sonny Stitt, see Sonny Side Up.

Sonny Side Up
Studio album by Sonny Stitt
Released	1961
Recorded	August 8, 1960
Studio	Bell Sound (New York City)
Genre	Jazz
Label	Roost RLP 2245
Producer	Teddy Reig
Sonny Stitt chronology
Previously Unreleased Recordings (1960) Sonny Side Up (1961) The Sensual Sound of Sonny Stitt (1961)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Sonny Side Up is an album by saxophonist Sonny Stitt recorded in 1960 and originally released on the Roost label.^[2]

Reception

The Allmusic site awarded the album 3 stars.^[1]

Track listing

All compositions by Sonny Stitt except as indicated

1. "Sonny Side Up" - 2:36
2. "On Green Dolphin Street" (Bronisław Kaper, Ned Washington) - 3:56
3. "The More I See You" (Harry Warren, Mack Gordon) - 3:43
4. "Don't Take Your Love from Me" (Henry Nemo) - 4:47
5. "My Blue Heaven" (Walter Donaldson, George A. Whiting) - 2:43
6. "My Mother's Eyes" (Abel Baer, L. Wolfe Gilbert) - 3:51
7. "When I Grow Too Old to Dream" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Sigmund Romberg) - 3:05
8. "Bye Bye Blues" (Fred Hamm, Dave Bennett, Bert Lown, Chauncey Gray) - 5:04
9. "I've Got the World on a String" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) - 5:14

Personnel

• Sonny Stitt - alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
• Jimmy Jones - piano
• Aaron Bell - bass
• Roy Haynes - drums

References

1. Allmusic Review accessed January 4, 2013
2. Edwards, D. & Callahan, M. Royal Roost/Roost Album Discography accessed January 4, 2013