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- Genre: Pop
- Description: 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 InchHymnal BluesInch and the slow, powerful InchMorning After Blues.Inch Originally released in 1970. Album Tracks 1. Blue Devil Blues 2. Home Free Blues 3. Blue Prelude 4. Frankie and Johnny 5. Birth of the Blues 6. A Blues Offering 7. Hymnal Blues 8. Morning After Blues
- Artist: Sonny Stitt
- Title: Blows The Blues (verve Acoustic Sound Series)
- Format: VINYL
- Label: Verve
- Release Date: 07/12/2024
- Genre: Pop
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- Product Name: Sonny Stitt - Blows The Blues (verve Acoustic Sound Series) - VINYL LP
- UPC: 602465124576
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 InchHymnal BluesInch and the slow, powerful InchMorning After Blues.Inch Originally released in 1970. Album Tracks 1. Blue Devil Blues 2. Home Free Blues 3. Blue Prelude 4. Frankie and Johnny 5. Birth of the Blues 6. A Blues Offering 7. Hymnal Blues 8. Morning After Blues
