Sonny Stitt

• LIMITED EDITION 2-LP SET

• RELEASED FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER!

• Deluxe 180-gram pressing

Recorded by Left Bank founder Vernon Welsh, Boppin’ In Baltimore is an official release in cooperation with the Sonny Stitt Estate and features Stitt with an all-star rhythm section consisting of pianist Kenny Barron, bassist Sam Jones and drummer Louis Hayes.

The deluxe limited-edition 180gr 2-LP set (followed by a deluxe 2-CD edition and a digital release) includes an extensive booklet with rare photos by Christian Rose, Raymond Ross, Tom Copi, Burt Goldblatt and others; liner notes by acclaimed jazz critic Bob Blumenthal; and interviews with Kenny Barron, Louis Hayes and saxophone icon Charles McPherson, Muse Records founder and producer Don Schlitten, and an archival interview with Sonny Stitt himself from the early 1970s conducted by Marc Vasey in Canada.

The vinyl edition has been mastered by legendary sound engineer Bernie Grundman.

(ALSO AVAILABLE ON 2-CD SET: ELM-171782)

PERSONNEL:

• Sonny Stitt - (alto sax)
• Kenny Barron - (piano)
• Sam Jones (bass)
• Louis Hayes - (drums)

Recorded on November 11, 1973 at the Famous Ballroom in Baltimore Maryland

TRACKS:

• LP ONE

• A1. BALTIMORE BLUES ....... (19:30)

• B1. STAR EYES ....... (8:32)
• B2. LOVER MAN (OH WHERE CAN YOU BE?) ....... (5:42)
• B3. THEY CAN’T TAKE THAT AWAY FROM ME ....... (9:25)
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• LP TWO

• C1. A DIFFERENT BLUES ....... (14:30)
• C2. STELLA BY STARLIGHT ....... (12:33)

• D1. DEUCES WILD ....... (9:57)
• D2. THE THEME ....... (4:36)