Deuces Wild is an album by saxophonist Sonny Stitt recorded in 1966 and released on the Atlantic label.Atlantic Records Discography accessed January 10, 2013 The album featured Robin Kenyatta's recording debut. The 4 Stitt organ trio tracks can be found as bonus tracks to the My Mother's Eye's CD
Reception
In his review for Allmusic, Jim Todd stated "The performances are concise, blues-based blowing numbers. What they lack in compositional refinement they make up for in energetic execution".Todd, J. Allmusic Review accessed January 10, 2013
Track listing All compositions by Sonny Stitt except as indicated "Deuces Wild" - 5:25 "My Foolish Heart" (Ned Washington, Victor Young) - 4:44 "Blues Ahead" - 4:18 "Sittin' in with Stitt" - 4:01 "In the Bag" (Robin Kenyatta) - 6:21 "Me 'n' You" (Kenyatta) - 3:19 "Pipin' the Blues" (Rufus Harley, Stitt) - 5:50
Personnel Sonny Stitt - alto saxophone, tenor saxophone Wilmer Mosby (AKA Don Patterson) - organ Billy James - drums Robin Kenyatta - alto saxophone (track 5), soprano saxophone (track 6) Rufus Harley - tenor saxophone, and bagpipes (track 7)
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