My Mother's Eyes (Sonny Stitt album)

My Mother's Eyes
My Mother's Eyes
Studio album by Sonny Stitt
Released	1963
Recorded	May 1963 ; Los Angeles, California
Genre	Jazz
Label	Pacific Jazz; PJ 71
Sonny Stitt chronology

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]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Down Beat	^[1]
Allmusic	^[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[3]

Reception

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

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

Sonny Stitt – tenor saxophone
Charles Kynard – organ
Ray Crawford – guitar
Doug Sides – drums

References

^ 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

[1] Down Beat:December 19, 1963 Vol. 30, No. 32

[Allmusic-2] Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed January 4, 2013

[Penguin-3] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1346. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

[4] Edwards, D., Eyries, P. and Callahan, M. Pacific Jazz/Pacifica Album Discography accessed January 10, 2013

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