Rearin' Back

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{{Infobox album

| name = Rearin' Back

| type = Studio

| artist = Sonny Stitt

| cover = Rearin' Back.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1962

| recorded = September 24, 1962
Ter-Mar Recording Studio, Chicago, Illinois

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Jazz

| length =

| label = Argo
LP 709

| producer = Esmond Edwards

| chronology = Sonny Stitt

| prev_title = Sonny Stitt & the Top Brass

| prev_year = 1962

| next_title = Stitt Plays Bird

| next_year = 1963

}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = Down Beat

| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}Down Beat: April 11, 1963 vol. 30, no. 9

| rev2 = Allmusic

| rev2Score = {{rating|3|5}}

}}

Rearin' Back is an album by saxophonist Sonny Stitt recorded in 1962 and released on the Argo label.Edwards, D and Callahan, M. [http://www.bsnpubs.com/chess/argo600.html Argo Album Discography, Part 1: Jazz Series (1956-1965)] accessed December 24, 2012

Reception

Down Beat magazine's Harvey Pekar said in his April 11, 1963 review that "Stitt solos brilliantly... Stitt conceives and executes extremely complex passages so easily that some have come to take his work for granted."

The Allmusic site awarded the album 3 stars.[http://www.allmusic.com/album/rearin-back-mw0000872135 Allmusic Review] accessed December 24, 2012

Track listing

All compositions by Sonny Stitt except as indicated

  1. "Rearin' Back" - 5:15
  2. "Wee" (aka Allen's Alley) (Denzil Best) - 4:04 (mistitled as the standard We on the original LP)
  3. "Little Girl Blue" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 3:34
  4. "Cut Plug" - 4:13
  5. "Queen" - 7:00
  6. "Carpsie's Groove" - 6:10
  7. "Bunny R." - 6:14

Personnel

References