Turn It On!

Turn It On!
Studio album by Sonny Stitt
Released	1971
Recorded	January 4, 1971 Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Genre	Jazz
Label	Prestige PR-10012
Producer	Bob Porter
Sonny Stitt chronology
Night Letter (1969) Turn It On! (1971) You Talk That Talk! (1971)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[2]

Turn It On! is an album by saxophonist Sonny Stitt recorded in 1971 and released on the Prestige label.^[3] The album features Stitt using the varitone, an electronic amplification device which altered the saxophone's sound.^[4]

Reception

Allmusic reviewed the album stating "Stitt uses an electrical device (a Varitone) on his tenor that waters down his tone a bit. With organist Leon Spencer, guitarist Melvin Sparks and drummer Idris Muhammad setting down unrelenting grooves on most of the five numbers (including the 11-minute title cut), Stitt only seems to be making cameo appearances".^[5]

Track listing

All compositions by Leon Spencer except as indicated

1. "Turn It On" - 11:10
2. "Bar-B-Que Man" - 7:59
3. "Miss Riverside" - 9:28
4. "Cry Me a River" (Arthur Hamilton) - 3:54
5. "There Are Such Things" (Stanley Adams, Abel Baer, George W. Meyer) - 4:01

Personnel

• Sonny Stitt - tenor saxophone, varitone
• Virgil Jones - trumpet (tracks 1-3)
• Leon Spencer Jr. - organ
• Melvin Sparks - guitar
• Idris Muhammad - drums

References

1. Turn It On! Allmusic Review, accessed January 9, 2013
2. Swenson, J. (Editor) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 185. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
3. Prestige Records Discography accessed January 9, 2013
4. Myers, M. Sonny Stitt: Varitone Redux, All About Jazz, December 20, 2011
5. Yanow, S. Allmusic Review, accessed January 9, 2013