Though some critics foolishly tried to label 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
A1. Blue Devil Blues
A2. Home Free Blues
A3. Blue Prelude
A4. Frankie And Johnny
B1. Birth Of The Blues
B2. A Blues Offering
B3. Hymnal Blues
B4. Morning After Blues