Sonny Stitt - Blows The Blues [Verve Acoustic Sound Series]

Though some critics foolishly tried to label Sonny Stitt as a Charlie Parker clone, he certainly kept them quiet on this 1959 date. Stitt’s originals, like the slow and powerful “Morning After Blues,” come off sounding fresh as executed by this quartet of Lou Levy, Mel Lewis and Leroy Vinnegar.