Sonny Stitt - My Mother's Eyes (1963) [vinyl>flac]

It seems Sonny Stitt can’t go wrong in the eyes of most jazz lovers, so here we have another great earlier album from the master. Enjoy!

A rare one for Sonny Stitt - an album for Pacific Jazz recorded on the west coast, but done with some hard-burning organ work by Charles Kynard that easily matches any of Stitt's best soul jazz sides from the east! There's a tightly cooking feel to the entire set that's really great – a style that's slightly different than Sonny's work for Argo or Prestige, but which is equally great – thanks to fluid lines on Hammond from Kynard, and some great guitar from the under-rated Ray Crawford. The group's completed by Doug Sides on drums – and titles include "Blue Skies", "Sitt In Time", "Summer Special", "My Mother's Eyes", and "SOP Blues". (Out of print.) © 1996-2013, Dusty Groove, Inc.,

Pacific Jazz, PJ-71, 1963

Recorded May, 1963 in Los Angeles, California

Track Listing:

A1. Summer Special {Sonny Stitt} (3:37)

A2. My Mother's Eyes {Abel Baer, Wolfe Gilbert} (5:24)

A3. Stitt In Time {Sonny Stitt} (4:12)

A4. Blue Skies {Irving Berlin} (4:01)

B1. My Mother's Eyes {Abel Baer, Wolfe Gilbert} (5:23)

B2. S.O.P. Blues {Sonny Stitt} (4:13)

B3. Don't Go To Strangers {Redd Evans, Arthur Kent, Dave Mann} (5:25)

B4. Red Top {Ben Kynard, Lionel Hampton} (3:19)

Personnel:

Sonny Stitt - Tenor Saxophone

Charles Kynard - Organ

Ray Crawford - Guitar

Doug Sides - Drums

Credits:

Producer - Richard Bock

Cover, Photography - Woody Woodward

Liner Notes - Bob Porter