title: Sonny Stitt Blows the Blues
text: # Sonny Stitt Blows the Blues
  
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  Sonny Stitt Blows the Blues is an album by saxophonist Sonny Stitt recorded in late 1959 and released on the Verve label.
  
  ## 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
  
  * "Blue Devil Blues" - 4:28
  * "Home Free Blues" - 4:23
  * "Blue Prelude" - 3:07
  * "Frankie and Johnny" (Hughie Cannon) - 5:31
  * "The Birth of the Blues" (Ray Henderson, Buddy DeSylva, Lew Brown) - 5:57
  * "A Blues Offering" - 4:06
  * "Hymnal Blues" - 6:10
  * "Morning After Blues" - 2:59
  * Recorded in Los Angeles, California on December 21 (tracks 1 & 6) and December 22 (tracks 2-5, 7 & 8), 1959
  
  ## Personnel
  
  * Sonny Stitt - alto saxophone
  * Lou Levy - piano
  * Leroy Vinnegar - bass
  * Mel Lewis - drums
  
  ### Technical
  
  * Merle Shore - art direction
  * Phil Stern - cover photography
  