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Sonny Side Up

album by Dizzy Gillespie
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Sonny Side Up

Summary

Sonny Side Up is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (202 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Sonny Side Up's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • Sonny Side Up's genre is jazz[4].
  • Sonny Side Up followed Sonny Stitt with the New Yorkers[5].
  • Sonny Side Up followed Only the Blues[6].
  • Sonny Side Up was followed by Freedom Suite[7].
  • Sonny Side Up was followed by The Saxophones of Sonny Stitt[8].
  • Sonny Side Up was produced by Norman Granz[9].
  • Among the performers on Sonny Side Up was Dizzy Gillespie[10].
  • Sonny Side Up's record label is recorded as Verve Records[11].
  • Sonny Side Up is part of Dizzy Gillespie's albums in chronological order[12].
  • Sonny Side Up was released on January 1959[13].

Product Details

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  • Release type: Album[14]

  • First release date: 1959[15]

  • Genre(s): bebop, hard bop, jazz[16]

  • Community tags: bebop, hard bop, jazz[17]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 19f3ecb4-eef6-418c-8c01-da2c90ecf7c7[18]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on Sonny Side Up was Dizzy Gillespie[10]. It was produced by Norman Granz[9].

Publication

Sonny Side Up was published on January 1959[13]. Its genre is jazz[4]. It is part of Dizzy Gillespie's albums in chronological order[12].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Predecessors include Sonny Stitt with the New Yorkers[5] and Only the Blues[6]. Successors include Freedom Suite[7] and The Saxophones of Sonny Stitt[8].

Why It Matters

Sonny Side Up ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (202 views/month).[2]

Related Entities

Dizzy Gillespie Sonny Rollins

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [14] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [18] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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