Sonny Stitt - Blows The Blues (Acoustic Sounds) (LP)

Acoustic Sounds Series.

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.

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. Blues Offering / 3. Hymnal Blues / 4. Morning After Blues.