Personal Appearance (album) explained

Personal Appearance
Type:	album
Artist:	Sonny Stitt
Cover:	Personal Appearance (album).jpeg
Released:	1957
Recorded:	May 12, 1957
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	75:03
Label:	Verve
Producer:	Norman Granz
Prev Title:	37 Minutes and 48 Seconds with Sonny Stitt
Prev Year:	1957
Next Title:	Sonny Stitt with the New Yorkers
Next Year:	1957

Personal Appearance is a 1957 album by Sonny Stitt.

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

• Sonny Stitt - alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
• Bobby Timmons – piano
• Edgar Willis – bass
• Kenny Dennis - drums