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".[1]
Track listingedit
All compositions by Sonny Stitt except as indicated
^ abDryden, K. Allmusic Review accessed December 21, 2012
^Verve Records Discography, accessed December 21, 2012
January 01, 1970
sonny, stitt, blows, blues, album, saxophonist, sonny, stitt, recorded, late, 1959, released, verve, label, studio, album, sonny, stittreleased1960recordeddecember, 1959, angeles, californiagenrejazzlength36, 41labelvervemg, 8374sonny, stitt, chronologysonny, . Sonny Stitt Blows the Blues is an album by saxophonist Sonny Stitt recorded in late 1959 and released on the Verve label 2 Sonny Stitt Blows the BluesStudio album by Sonny StittReleased1960RecordedDecember 21 amp 22 1959 Los Angeles CaliforniaGenreJazzLength36 41LabelVerveMG V 8374Sonny Stitt chronologySonny Stitt Sits in with the Oscar Peterson Trio 1959 Sonny Stitt Blows the Blues 1960 Saxophone Supremacy 1959 Professional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllmusic 1 Contents 1 Reception 2 Track listing 3 Personnel 4 ReferencesReception editThe 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 1 Track listing editAll 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 amp 6 and December 22 tracks 2 5 7 amp 8 1959Personnel editSonny Stitt alto saxophone Lou Levy piano Leroy Vinnegar bass Mel Lewis drums Technical Merle Shore art direction Phil Stern cover photographyReferences edit a b Dryden K Allmusic Review accessed December 21 2012 Verve Records Discography accessed December 21 2012 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Sonny Stitt Blows the Blues amp oldid 1011509706, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
