''Made for Each Other'' is an album by saxophonist

Sonny Stitt Edward Hammond Boatner Jr. (February 2, 1924 – July 22, 1982), known professionally as Sonny Stitt, was an American jazz saxophonist of the bebop/hard bop idiom. Known for his warm tone, he was one of the best-documented saxophonists of his ...

recorded in 1968 but not released by the Delmark label until 1972. The album represents Stitt's fourth recording featuring the

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, an electronic amplification device which altered the saxophone's sound.

Reception

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reviewer Scott Yanow stated "Sonny Stitt's regular group of the period plays a wide variety of material ... Unfortunately the set is from the period when Stitt often used a Varitone electronic attachment on his alto and tenor which gave him a much more generic sound, lowering the quality of this music despite some strong improvisations. It is an okay set that could have been better". In

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Patricia Myers wrote "Alto and tenor giant Sonny Stitt always could burn a bebop riff like his idol, Charlie Parker. In this 1968 studio session, Stitt is in perfect sync with ever-grooving organist Don Patterson and tasty drummer Billy James".Myers, P
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Track listing

# "Samba de Orpheus" (

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, Andre Michel Salvet) – 4:37 # "Funny (Tenor)" (Philip Broughton,

Bob Merrill Henry Robert Merrill Levan (May 17, 1921 – February 17, 1998) was an American songwriter, theatrical composer, lyricist, and screenwriter. He was one of the most successful songwriters of the 1950s on the US and UK single charts. He wrote ...

, Marcia Neil,

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" ( Billy Hill) – 5:23 # "

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) – 5:43 # "Blues for J.J." (Sonny Stitt) – 4:42 # "Funny (Alto)" (Broughton, Merrill, Neil, Prince) – 3:02 # " The Night Has a Thousand Eyes" (Jerry Brainin,

Buddy Bernier Henry 'Buddy' Bernier (April 21, 1910 – June 18, 1983) was an American lyricist born in Watertown, New York, who was mainly active during the 1940s and 1950s. He came from a show business family and had two sisters, Daisy and Peggy who were each a ...

) – 5:26 # "

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) – 3:55 # "The Night Has a Thousand Eyes" lternate take(Brainin, Bernier) – 5:32 Additional track on CD reissue

Personnel

- alto saxophone, tenor saxophone,

* Don Patterson - organ * Billy James - drums

References

{{Authority control 1972 albums Delmark Records albums Sonny Stitt albums Albums produced by Bob Koester