It was in this vibrant musical culture that Sonny Stitt emerged. As of the 1940 census ... The census document as well as a series of photos can be viewed here. The first photo is looking south down ...

A 28-page booklet includes a Stitt bio, a brief history of Roost Records and its founder Teddy Reig, session commentary, and photos from the cameras of Francis Wolff and Chuck Stewart. An essential ...

What can I tell you. There are no two guys, I think, who ever blew harder than Gene Ammons and Sonny Stitt when they were together on the bandstand. SPELLMAN: We miss the battles of the horns.

With alto saxophonist Sonny Stitt and trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie on the front line and pianist John Lewis, guitarist Skeeter Best, bassist Percy Heath and drummer Charlie Persip in the rhythm ...

Edward Hammond Boatner Jr. — better known as Sonny Stitt or “Lone Wolf” — was visiting his adopted hometown of Saginaw in 1975 when Reif spotted the globally-beloved musician strolling the ...