Sonny Stitt was born on February 2, 1924 in Boston, MA. Nicknamed the Lone Wolf because of his solitary dedication to his music, Stitt was a jazz and bop musician who recorded more than one hundred albums.
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About
Nicknamed the Lone Wolf because of his solitary dedication to his music, Stitt was a jazz and bop musician who recorded more than one hundred albums.
Before Fame
He met Charlie Parker in 1943 and he started recording with Dizzy Gillespie and Stan Getz a few years later.
Trivia
He and Gene Ammons were an inseparable musical partnership for many years.
Family Life
He was born in Boston but grew up in Saginaw, Michigan.
Associated With
He collaborated with Chick Corea on an Afro-Cuban jazz version of "Autumn Leaves," as well as a wide variety of other Latin variations on classic songs.