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.
Track Listing:
1. Blue Devil Blues - Sonny Stitt
2. Home Free Blues - Sonny Stitt
3. Blue Prelude - Sonny Stitt
4. Frankie and Johnny - Sonny Stitt
5. Birth of the Blues - Sonny Stitt
6. A Blues Offering - Sonny Stitt
7. Hymnal Blues - Sonny Stitt
8. Morning After Blues - Sonny Stitt
Year of Production:
1960
