Prestige session · in the studio
December 11, 1949
Sonny Stitt Quartet
In the room
- Sonny Stitt – tenor sax
Bud Powell – piano
Curly Russell – bass
Max Roach – drums
Photos: Bud Powell, Distributed by the Gale Agency in New York. Photographer uncredited and unknown., Public domain · Curly Russell, The Library of Congress, Public domain · Max Roach, William P. Gottlieb, Public domain
The takes
What the numbers mean
918 is a matrix number: Prestige gave every tune it recorded the next number in one running series. Most dates kept only the take that was issued, so there's seldom a take number beside it.
| Matrix · take | Title | First out on |
|---|---|---|
| JRC1000A | All God's Children Got Rhythm | PRLP 7024 |
| JRC1001 | Sonnyside | PRLP 7024 |
| JRC1002B | Bud's Blues | PRLP 7024 |
| JRC1003A | Sunset | PRLP 7024 |
4 takes · the ones we haven't matched yet are looked up on Spotify when you make it
Where it ended up
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Together elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
3 of them 3 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | BLP 5003 | The Amazing Bud Powell · not on the site yet | The Bud Powell Trio | 1952 | Bud Powell, Curly Russell, Max Roach |
 | BLP 1503 | The Amazing Bud Powell Volume 1 | Bud Powell | 1955 | Bud Powell, Curly Russell, Max Roach |
 | BLP 1504 | The Amazing Bud Powell Volume 2 | Bud Powell | 1956 | Bud Powell, Curly Russell, Max Roach |
2 of them 1 album
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | BLP 1533 | Introducing Johnny Griffin | Johnny Griffin | 1956 | Curly Russell, Max Roach |