# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sonny-stitt
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:42:46.277Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sonny-stitt"
name: "Sonny Stitt"
slug: "sonny-stitt"
description: "Sonny Stitt was an American jazz saxophonist of the bebop/hard bop idiom. Known for his warm tone, he was one of the best-documented saxophonists of his era, recording over 100 albums. He was nicknamed the \"Lone Wolf\" by jazz critic Dan Morgenstern because of his tendency to rarely work with the same musicians for long despite his relentless touring and devotion to the craft. Stitt was sometimes regarded as a Charlie Parker mimic early in his career, but gradually developed his own sound and style, particularly when performing on the tenor saxophone and even occasionally baritone saxophone."
tagline: "American jazz saxophonist (1924-1982)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sonny_Stitt.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1924-02-02"
deathDate: "1982-07-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  sourceConfidence:     75
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ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump