The Hard Swing is an album by saxophonist Sonny Stitt's Quartet recorded in 1959 and released on the Verve label.Verve Records Discography, accessed December 21, 2012
Reception The Allmusic site awarded the album 3 stars.Allmusic Review accessed December 21, 2012
Track listing "I Got Rhythm" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 3:07 "What's New?" (Bob Haggart, Johnny Burke) - 3:41 "Subito" - 3:57 "If I Had You" (Irving King, Ted Shapiro) - 4:08 "I'll Remember April" (Don Raye, Gene de Paul, Patricia Johnston) - 4:36 "Blues for Lester" - 4:24 "After You've Gone" (Henry Creamer, Turner Layton) - 3:47 "Street of Dreams" (Sam M. Lewis, Victor Young) - 2:41 "The Way You Look Tonight" (Dorothy Fields, Jerome Kern) - 5:03 "Presto" - 3:27 "Tune Up" (Miles Davis) - 4:07
Personnel Sonny Stitt Quartet Sonny Stitt - alto saxophone (on 7 tracks); tenor saxophone (on 4 tracks) Amos Trice - piano George Morrow - bass Lenny McBrowne - drums Technical Sheldon Marks - art direction Norman Gollin - cover design Tommy Mitchell - cover photography
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