Lester Leaps In- Sonny Stitt

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Published 2010-11-11

Lester Leaps In
Sonny Stitt "Now!" recorded and released in 1963

Sonny Stitt - Tenor/Alto
Hank Jones - Piano
Al Lucas - Bass
Osie Johnson - Drums

All Comments (21)

@Flabbergastedsax 11 years ago

Sonny played so damn clean, man.
@grahamlyons8522 5 years ago

"Lester Leaps In" was composed by Lester Young on June 28th, 1940 between 11 24 and 11 25am.
@wyndhl8309 1 year ago

Stitt IS his own Maaaan, an improvisational storyteller of no ordinary class. Clarify, Accuracy and Alacrity HAS always been his thing Whether on alto, tenor or bari, Sonny DOES MAKE either saxophone 🎷 sing. Lohvissimo!
@cachockey 8 years ago

Sonny Stitt - alto & tenor saxophone Hank Jones - piano Al Lucas - bass Osie Johnson - drums 1963
@louisef.9137 4 years ago

Love this tune...so well done here, laid-back and fun to listen to. Sonny Stitt was a master!
@zigzag5627 12 years ago

thanks for posting this! great musician and great song!
@hremdldw 7 years ago

A happy swinger nice groove , Sonny knows all the tricks on his horn with the elegant Hank Jones feeding him beautiful cords based on Gershwins" I Got Rythmn " .Paying homage to Daddy Lester Young .
@tarzan73875 12 years ago

Learned, listened and improved master to master way
@exjazzbassbaz 12 years ago

go on sonny tell ;em wat a player.no better ever.many thanks.
@exjazzbassbaz 9 years ago

one of the first tunes I played as a very young budding bop bassist in #52 never quite made a ray brown l.o.l but still love the music and sonny a jazz legend.many thanks.
@grievous0598films 9 years ago

While most guys would probably make this comparison the other way around, I'd prefer to say it this way: Sonny plays clean, like Pepper Adams. Yep. His lines are all so lyrical and well voiced, to the point. Just like Pepper really. Glad to have both to listen to and learn from!
@nadinecohenjazzco 13 years ago

My heroe !!!
@OrderLesser 12 years ago

I prefer the more driving versions of this song that I've heard, but there's no denying how good it feels to just sit back and chill to sounds like this~
@lucky4724 5 years ago

nice groove !!!! #JAZZ
@arjhendrix 13 years ago

smooooth
@RAMLIA1 10 years ago

♥♥♥
@soonilala7474 6 years ago

♡♡♡♡
@coltrane505 12 years ago

His imrov phrasing is so sincere, not fast and meaningless like some of the other saxmen.
@matthew2310 7 years ago

Dvorak quote at 1:44, nice!
@swingingpoodle1249 2 years ago

Man, Parker is Mastering those changes at breakneck tempo!!! BUT I prefer Sonny. Thank You for posting. Working on that solo now