Sonny Stitt - Blow The Blues

Though some critics foolishly tried to label Sonny Stitt as a Charlie Parker clone, Stitt certainly kept them quiet on this 1959 date. Stitt’s originals, like the slow and powerful “Morning After Blues”, come off as fresh-sounding as executed by this quartet of Lou Levy, Mel Lewisand Leroy Vinnegar. Verve’s Acoustic Sounds Series features transfers from analog tapes and remastered 180-gram vinyl in deluxe gatefold packaging.

Tracklist

Side A

1.      Blue Devil Blues

2.     Home Free Blues

3.     Blue Prelude

4.     Frankie And Johnny

Side B

1.      Birth Of The Blues

2.     A Blues Offering

3.     Hymnal Blues

4.     Morning After Blues