Label: Verve
Reissued 7/12/2024, Originally released 1959
Though some critics foolishly tried to label 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 Lewis and Leroy Vinnegar. Verve’s Acoustic Sounds Series features transfers from analog tapes and remastered 180-gram vinyl in deluxe gatefold packaging.
Track listing:
- Blue Devil Blues
- Home Free Blues
- Blue Prelude
- Frankie And Johnny
- Birth Of The Blues
- A Blues Offering
- Hymnal Blues
- Morning After Blues