- Aliases
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Lord Nelson & His Boppers
Sonny Stitt Band
Sonny Stitt and His Orchestra
Sonny Stitt and His Quartet
The Sonny Stitt Quartet
Sonny Stitt & The Top Brass
Sonny Stitt with The New Yorkers
- Real name
- Edward Hammond Boatner Jr.
- Born
- February 2, 1924
- Died
- July 22, 1982
- Country
- United States
- IPI
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00029666062 9 works
00070932776 8 works
- Affiliation
- BMI
- Comments
- Jazz saxophonist and composer. Stitt originally played alto saxophone exclusively, but grew tired of charges that he was a mere Charlie Parker imitator, and although he never abandoned the alto, starting in 1950, he began to play and record on tenor.
- Member of
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The Be Bop Boys Alto saxophone
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