Al Grey discusses Sonny Stitt

Listen Now Add to Play List Read Transcript (File Size: 0.21MB)

Al Grey discusses the first jazz he heard

Listen Now Add to Play List Read Transcript (File Size: 0.17MB)

Al Grey discusses Trummy Young

Listen Now Add to Play List Read Transcript (File Size: 0.22MB)

If you are experiencing problems playing audio on this site,
please update to the latest version of Flash.

Transcription

Q: “You really admired him [Sonny Stitt], didn’t you? As you said, you get to play with so many different people in so many settings that you start to really recognize who can ‘do it’, and Stitt is one of them…”

A: “Stitt is one of the all-time saxophonists of history, and why? Because he goes all the way back there where he took over. Before Charlie Parker passed on, he became one of the strong forces of playing out there with the alto and the tenor, you see. And in his last two years, he just seemed like he wanted just to play music only and so he stayed completely at it just like Coltrane in his last few years, you see.”