Blows The Blues (verve Acoustic Sound Series)

Artista: Stitt, Sonny

Formato: VINYL LP

Gravadora/Label: VRV

Catalogo: 143893

Faixas: 1.1 Blue Devil Blues
1.2 Home Free Blues
1.3 Blue Prelude
1.4 Frankie and Johnny
1.5 Birth of the Blues
1.6 A Blues Offering
1.7 Hymnal Blues
1.8 Morning After Blues

Vinyl LP pressing. Sonny Stitt led a number of excellent record dates in 1959, especially at the end of the year when he produced three LPs for Verve over a span of three sessions with pianist Lou Levy, bassist Leroy Vinnegar and drummer Mel Lewis. 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. The music includes several potent originals, especially “Hymnal Blues” and the slow, powerful “Morning After Blues.” Originally released in 1970.