Only the Blues explained

Only the Blues
Type:	album
Artist:	Sonny Stitt
Cover:	onlytheblues.jpg
Released:	1957
Recorded:	October 11, 1957
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	75:03
Label:	Verve
Producer:	Norman Granz
Prev Title:	Sonny Stitt with the New Yorkers
Prev Year:	1957
Next Title:	Sonny Side Up
Next Year:	1957

Only the Blues is a 1957 album by Sonny Stitt, accompanied by Roy Eldridge and Oscar Peterson.

Track listing

1. "The String (The Eternal Triangle)" (Sonny Stitt) – 10:01
2. "Cleveland Blues" (Stitt) – 12:02
3. "B.W. Blues (Boogie Woogie Blues)" (Stitt) – 11:35
4. "Blues for Bags" (Stitt) – 10:39

Studio outtakes included on the CD reissue:

1. "I Didn't Know What Time It Was" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 3:31
2. "I Remember You" (Johnny Mercer, Victor Schertzinger) – 3:54
3. "I Know That You Know" (Anne Caldwell, Vincent Youmans) – 4:39
4. "I Know That You Know" (False Start) – 4:55
5. "I Know That You Know" – 4:47
6. "I Know That You Know" (Coda Rehearsal) – 3:19
7. "I Know That You Know" (Composite Master Take) – 4:43

A subsequent Fresh Sound CD issue gives tracks 5 and 6 plus I Know That You Know with only 1 alternate take.

Personnel

Performance

• Sonny Stitt - alto saxophone
• Roy Eldridge - trumpet
• Oscar Peterson – piano
• Ray Brown – double bass
• Herb Ellis - guitar
• Stan Levey - drums