SONNY STITT/ART BLAKEY~Kaleidoscope~1957 PRESTIGE 7077 JAZZ LP~DG RVG W 50~EX/NM SONNY STITT/ART BLAKEY~Kaleidoscope~1957 PRESTIGE 7077 JAZZ LP~DG RVG W 50~EX/NM

Sonny Stitt ‎– Kaleidoscope
Prestige ‎– PRLP 7077

FIRST PRESSING OF THIS ALBUM FROM 1957 - 61 YEARS AGO!!!
LAMINATED COVER IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH 1 SMALL RIP WHERE A STICKER WAS REMOVED AND A NAME WRITTEN ON THE BACK IN PEN.
HEAVYWEIGHT, STIFF VINYL IS NEAR MINT!
DEEP GROOVE LABELS!
"RVG" IN THE DEAD WAX!
Prestige Records, Inc., 447 West 50th Street, New York 19, N.Y. ON THE BACK COVER AND 446 WEST 50th STREET ON THE LABELS!

THE ALBUM PLAYS ALMOST FLAWLESSLY WITH VIRTUALLY NO SURFACE NOISE!
THE BEST COPY YOU WILL SEE FOR A LONG TIME!

Deftly handling the alto, tenor, and baritone saxophone, bebop giant Sonny Stitt is heard to perfection here on a variety of early-'50s dates. Stitt not only shows off his patented speed throughout, but he goes a long way in dispelling criticisms of him being all fire and no grace. The 16-track disc kicks off with four tight, Latin-tinged swingers featuring an octet that includes trumpeter Joe Newman and timbales player Humberto Morales. Switching to piano quartet mode for the bulk of the disc, Stitt ranges effortlessly from frenetic blasts ("Cherokee") to golden-hued ballads ("Imagination"). Capping off the set with four bonus cuts featuring the likes of Gene Ammons and Junior Mance, Stitt delivers one of the top sets of performances from the late bebop era.

Tracklist
Stitt's It     2:35
Cool Mambo     2:40
Blue Mambo     2:25
Sonny Sounds     2:29
Ain't Misbehaving     3:02
Later     3:00
P.S. I Love You     3:00
This Can't Be Love     2:47
Imagination     3:24
Cherokee     2:33
Can't We Be Friends     2:41
Liza     2:45