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 ...

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 ...

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.