In Walked Sonny
Studio album by
Sonny Stitt With Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers
ReleasedLate September 1975[1]
RecordedMay 16, 1975
New York City
GenreJazz
Length45:17 original LP
LabelSonet Records/Gazell Records
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Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers chronology
Anthenagin
(1973) 		In Walked Sonny
(1975) 		Backgammon
(1976)
Sonny Stitt chronology
Mellow
(1975) 		In Walked Sonny
(1975) 		The Bop Session
(1975)
Alternative cover
UK 1975 Vinyl

In Walked Sonny is an album by American jazz musicians Sonny Stitt and Art Blakey with The Jazz Messengers. It was released in 1975 on the small independent label Sonet Records and is among the most obscure recordings made by the musicians involved in the project.

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]

Track listing

  1. "Blues March" (Benny Golson)- 7:29
  2. "It Might as Well Be Spring" (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II) - 6:03
  3. "Birdlike" (Freddie Hubbard) - 7:40
  4. "I Can't Get Started" (George Gershwin, Vernon Duke) - 4:43
  5. "Ronnie's a Dynamite Lady" (Walter Davis, Jr.) - 8:16
  6. "In Walked Sonny" (Sonny Stitt) - 11:06

Bonus tracks on CD reissue:

  2. "Birdlike" [Alternate Take] - 5:53
  3. "Ronnie's a Dynamite Lady" [Alternate Take] - 8:35

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Billboard Sep 6, 1975
  2. ^ In Walked Sonny at AllMusic
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