28Feb/090
Listening Room – “Sonny Side Up”
Gillespie/Stitt/Rollins - The Eternal Triangle
Gillespie/Stitt/Rollins - After Hours
From "Sonny Side Up" : 1957 : Verve Records MGV 8262
Dizzy Gillespie recruited Sonny Stitt and Sonny Rollins for "Sonny Side Up", one of the great "jam session" records from the late 1950's. The Eternal Triangle is a classic bop burner and After Hours is a nice slow blues with a nice lead intro by pianist Ray Bryant.
Players:
Dizzy Gillespie - Trumpet
Sonny Stitt - Alto Sax
Sonny Rollins - Tenor Sax
Ray Bryant - Piano
Tommy Bryant - Bass
Charlie Persip - Drums
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