Parallel-a-Stitt (subtitled Sonny Stitt on the Varitone) is an album by saxophonist Sonny Stitt recorded in 1967 and released on the Roulette label.Edwards, D. & Callahan, M. Roulette Album Discography, Part 1 accessed January 4, 2013 The album represents Stitt's third featuring the varitone, an electronic amplification device which altered the saxophone's sound.Myers, M. Sonny Stitt: Varitone Redux, All About Jazz, December 20, 2011
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Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars.Allmusic Review, accessed January 8, 2012
Track listing All compositions by Sonny Stitt except as indicated "Hello George" - 3:25 "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" (Duke Ellington) - 5:02 "Bye Bye Blackbird" (Ray Henderson, Mort Dixon) - 4:27 "Because It's Love" - 2:35 "Satin Doll" (Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, Johnny Mercer) - 4:40 "The Shadow of Your Smile" (Johnny Mandel, Paul Francis Webster) - 5:18 "Chinatown My Chinatown" (William Jerome, Jean Schwartz) - 3:45 "Jeep's Blues" (Ellington, Johnny Hodges) - 2:09 "Laura" (David Raksin, Mercer) - 2:45
Personnel Sonny Stitt - alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, varitone Jerome Richardson - alto flute George Berg - baritone saxophone Don Patterson - organ George Duvivier - bass Walter Jones - drums
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