Sonny Stitt Blows the Blues

Reception

The Allmusic site awarded the album 4 stars stating "Sonny Stitt led a number of excellent record dates in 1959, especially at the end of the year... 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".

Track listing

All compositions by Sonny Stitt except as indicated

1. "Blue Devil Blues" - 4:28
2. "Home Free Blues" - 4:23
3. "Blue Prelude" - 3:07
4. "Frankie and Johnny" (Hughie Cannon) - 5:31
5. "The Birth of the Blues" (Ray Henderson, Buddy DeSylva, Lew Brown) - 5:57
6. "A Blues Offering" - 4:06
7. "Hymnal Blues" - 6:10
8. "Morning After Blues" - 2:59

Personnel