Sonny Side Up

This article is about the 1959 album by Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Rollins and Sonny Stitt. For the 1960 album by Sonny Stitt, see Sonny Side Up (Roost album).
Sonny Side Up
Studio album by
Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Stitt and Sonny Rollins
ReleasedJanuary 1959[1]
RecordedDecember 19, 1957
Nola Recording Studio, New York City
GenreJazz, bebop, hard bop
Length37:42
LabelVerve
MGV-8262
ProducerNorman Granz
Dizzy Gillespie chronology
Have Trumpet, Will Excite!
(1959) 		Sonny Side Up
(1959) 		The Ebullient Mr. Gillespie
(1959)
Sonny Rollins chronology
Freedom Suite
(1958) 		Sonny Side Up
(1959) 		Newk's Time
(1959)
Sonny Stitt chronology
Sonny Stitt Sits in with the Oscar Peterson Trio
(1959) 		Sonny Side Up
(1959) 		The Hard Swing
(1959)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[3]

Sonny Side Up is an album by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, and the tenor saxophonists Sonny Stitt and Sonny Rollins, recorded in December 1957 in New York City. It was released in 1959 on producer Norman Granz's newly launched Verve label.

  1. ^ Billboard, February 9, 1959.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Cook was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 533. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.