Sonny Stitt Blows the Blues is an album by saxophonist Sonny Stitt recorded in late 1959 and released on the Verve label.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. 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
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