Sonny Stitt Blows the Blues
{{Infobox album
| name = Sonny Stitt Blows the Blues
| type = Studio
| artist = Sonny Stitt
| cover = Sonny Stitt Blows the Blues.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1960
| recorded = December 21 & 22, 1959
Los Angeles, California
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Jazz
| length = 36:41
| label = Verve
MG V-8374
| producer =
| chronology = Sonny Stitt
| prev_title = Sonny Stitt Sits in with the Oscar Peterson Trio
| prev_year = 1959
| next_title = Saxophone Supremacy
| next_year = 1959
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
}}
Sonny Stitt Blows the Blues is an album by saxophonist Sonny Stitt recorded in late 1959 and released on the Verve label.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/verve-records/catalog-8300-series/#mgv-8374 Verve Records Discography], accessed December 21, 2012
Reception
The Allmusic site awarded the album 4 stars stating "Sonny Stitt led a number of excellent record dates in 1959, especially at the end of the year... Playing alto sax throughout this album, Stitt hardly sounds like a Charlie Parker clone, something that unfortunately was a frequent claim by tin-eared critics throughout a fair portion of his career".Dryden, K. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/sonny-stitt-blows-the-blues-mw0000907077 Allmusic Review] accessed December 21, 2012
Track listing
All compositions by Sonny Stitt except as indicated
- "Blue Devil Blues" - 4:28
- "Home Free Blues" - 4:23
- "Blue Prelude" - 3:07
- "Frankie and Johnny" (Hughie Cannon) - 5:31
- "The Birth of the Blues" (Ray Henderson, Buddy DeSylva, Lew Brown) - 5:57
- "A Blues Offering" - 4:06
- "Hymnal Blues" - 6:10
- "Morning After Blues" - 2:59
- Recorded in Los Angeles, California on December 21 (tracks 1 & 6) and December 22 (tracks 2-5, 7 & 8), 1959
Personnel
- Sonny Stitt - alto saxophone
- Lou Levy - piano
- Leroy Vinnegar - bass
- Mel Lewis - drums
;Technical
- Merle Shore - art direction
- Phil Stern - cover photography
References
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