Stolen Sweets
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{{Infobox album
| name = Stolen Sweets
| type = Studio
| artist = Houston Person
| cover = Stolen Sweets.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1977
| recorded = 1976
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Jazz
| length = 37:59
| label = Muse
MR 5110
| producer =
| chronology = Houston Person
| prev_title = Get Outa My Way
| prev_year = 1975
| next_title = Wild Flower
| next_year = 1977
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev1Score = {{rating|4.5|5}}
}}
Stolen Sweets is an album by saxophonist Houston Person recorded in 1976 and released on the Muse label.[http://www.jazzdiscography.com/Labels/muse.htm Muse Records discography] accessed April 7, 2014[http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_Label_Muse_5100.htm Jazzlists: Muse LP series discography: 5100 to 5149], accessed February 13, 2018[https://enciclopediadeljazz.wordpress.com/2014/03/17/houston-person/ Enciclopedia del Jazz: Houston Person] accessed March 12, 2018
Reception
Allmusic awarded the album 4½ stars calling it "First-rate soul jazz, funk, blues, and ballads".Wynne, R., [http://www.allmusic.com/album/stolen-sweets-mw0000901744 Allmusic listing], accessed April 7, 2014Payne, D. [http://dougpayne.blogspot.com.au/2009/06/houston-person-discography.html Houston Person discography], accessed April 7, 2014
Track listing
- "If Ever I Would Leave You" (Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe) – 10:38
- "At Last" (Mack Gordon, Harry Warren) – 7:42
- "Stolen Sweets" (Wild Bill Davis) – 5:35
- "Skylark" (Johnny Mercer, Hoagy Carmichael) – 7:32
- "T-Bone Steak" (Jimmy Smith) – 6:32
Personnel
- Houston Person – tenor saxophone
- Jimmy Ponder – guitar
- Sonny Phillips – organ
- Frankie Jones – drums
- Buddy Caldwell – congas