My Mother's Eyes is an album by saxophonist Sonny Stitt recorded in 1963 in Los Angeles and released on the Pacific Jazz label.[4]
| My Mother's Eyes | ||||
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| Released | 1963 | |||
| Recorded | May 1963 Los Angeles, California | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Label | Pacific Jazz PJ 71 | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Down Beat |   [1] |
| Allmusic | [2] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [3] |
Reception edit
The Allmusic site awarded the album 3 stars stating "This obscure LP finds Sonny Stitt sticking to tenor and playing a typical set filled with blues, standards and riff-filled originals".[2]
Track listing edit
All compositions by Sonny Stitt except where noted.
- "Summer Special"
- "My Mother's Eyes" (Abel Baer, L. Wolfe Gilbert)
- "Still in Time"
- "Blue Skies" (Irving Berlin)
- "S.O.P. Blues"
- "Don't Go to Strangers" (Redd Evans, Arthur Kent, David Mann)
- "Red Top" (Lionel Hampton)
Personnel edit
- Sonny Stitt – tenor saxophone
- Charles Kynard – organ
- Ray Crawford – guitar
- Doug Sides – drums
References edit
- ^ Down Beat:December 19, 1963 Vol. 30, No. 32
- ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed January 4, 2013
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1346. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- ^ Edwards, D., Eyries, P. and Callahan, M. Pacific Jazz/Pacifica Album Discography accessed January 10, 2013