Night Letter

Night Letter
Studio album by
Released1969
RecordedOctober 27, 1969
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
GenreJazz
Length34:27
LabelPrestige
PR-7759
ProducerBob Porter
Sonny Stitt chronology
Brothers-4
(1969)
Night Letter
(1969)
Turn It On!
(1969)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[3]

Night Letter is an album by saxophonist Sonny Stitt recorded in 1969 and released on the Prestige label.[4] The album features Stitt using the varitone, an electronic amplification device which altered the saxophone's sound.[5]

  1. ^ Night Letter (compilation) Allmusic Review, accessed January 9, 2013
  2. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 185. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  3. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1347. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  4. ^ Prestige Records Discography accessed January 9, 2013
  5. ^ Myers, M. Sonny Stitt: Varitone Redux, All About Jazz, December 20, 2011