Only the Blues
{{Infobox album
| name = Only the Blues
| type = album
| artist = Sonny Stitt
| cover = onlytheblues.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1957
| recorded = October 11, 1957
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Jazz
| length = 75:03
| label = Verve
| producer = Norman Granz
| prev_title = Sonny Stitt with the New Yorkers
| prev_year = 1957
| next_title = Sonny Side Up
| next_year = 1957
}}
{{Album ratings
|rev1 = Allmusic
|rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r148163|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]
}}
Only the Blues is a 1957 album by Sonny Stitt, accompanied by Roy Eldridge and Oscar Peterson.{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r148163|label=Only the Blues}}
Track listing
- "The String (The Eternal Triangle)" (Sonny Stitt) – 10:01
- "Cleveland Blues" (Stitt) – 12:02
- "B.W. Blues (Boogie Woogie Blues)" (Stitt) – 11:35
- "Blues for Bags" (Stitt) – 10:39
- : Studio outtakes included on the CD reissue:
- "I Didn't Know What Time It Was" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 3:31
- "I Remember You" (Johnny Mercer, Victor Schertzinger) – 3:54
- "I Know That You Know" (Anne Caldwell, Vincent Youmans) – 4:39
- "I Know That You Know" (False Start) – 4:55
- "I Know That You Know" – 4:47
- "I Know That You Know" (Coda Rehearsal) – 3:19
- "I Know That You Know" (Composite Master Take) – 4:43
A subsequent Fresh Sound CD issue gives tracks 5 and 6 plus I Know That You Know with only 1 alternate take.
Personnel
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References
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