Personal Appearance (album)

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Personal Appearance
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Studio album by
Released1957
RecordedMay 12, 1957
Genre Jazz
Length75:03
Label Verve
Producer Norman Granz
Sonny Stitt chronology
37 Minutes and 48 Seconds with Sonny Stitt
(1957)
Personal Appearance
(1957)
Sonny Stitt with the New Yorkers
(1957)
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Personal Appearance is a 1957 album by Sonny Stitt. [3]

Contents

Reception

The original Downbeat review by Ira Gitler awarded the album 5 stars. He wrote "In rating this album five stars, I do not mean to say it is a 'perfect' record. Timmons plays well, but this is Stitt's album, and he is tremendous. Sonny is all over both his horns, communicating directly and deeply. If you consider yourself a jazz lover, you should own this set."

Track listing

  1. "You'd Be So Easy to Love" (Cole Porter) – 4:45
  2. "Easy Living" (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) – 4:49
  3. "Autumn in New York" (Vernon Duke) – 2:20
  4. "You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To" (Porter) – 4:52
  5. "For Some Friends" (Sonny Stitt) – 4:44
  6. "I Never Knew" (Ted Fio Rito, Gus Kahn) – 4:27
  7. "Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) – 5:14
  8. "East of the Sun (and West of the Moon)" (Brooks Bowman) – 5:30
  9. "Original?" (Stitt) – 4:33
  10. "Avalon" (Buddy DeSylva, Al Jolson, Vincent Rose) – 2:55
  11. "Blues Greasy" (Stitt) – 3:20

Personnel

Performance

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References

  1. Allmusic review
  2. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1346. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
  3. Personal Appearance at AllMusic