Though some critics foolishly tried to label Sonny Stitt as a Charlie Parker clone, Stitt certainly kept them quiet on this 1959 date. Stitts 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.

Verves Acoustic Sounds Series features transfers from analog tapes and remastered 180-gram vinyl in deluxe gatefold packaging.

Tracklist:

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

Sonny Stitt alto saxophone
Lou Levy piano
Leroy Vinnegar bass
Mel Lewis drums