Blows The Blues (Acoustic Sounds)

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