Rearin' Back is an album by saxophonist Sonny Stitt recorded in 1962 and released on the Argo label.[3]

Rearin' Back
Studio album by
Released1962
RecordedSeptember 24, 1962
Ter-Mar Recording Studio, Chicago, Illinois
GenreJazz
LabelArgo
LP 709
ProducerEsmond Edwards
Sonny Stitt chronology
Sonny Stitt & the Top Brass
(1962)
Rearin' Back
(1962)
Stitt Plays Bird
(1963)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Down Beat[1]
Allmusic[2]

Reception

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Down Beat magazine's Harvey Pekar said in his April 11, 1963 review that "Stitt solos brilliantly... Stitt conceives and executes extremely complex passages so easily that some have come to take his work for granted."

The Allmusic site awarded the album 3 stars.[2]

Track listing

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All compositions by Sonny Stitt except as indicated

  1. "Rearin' Back" - 5:15
  2. "Wee" (aka Allen's Alley) (Denzil Best) - 4:04 (mistitled as the standard We on the original LP)
  3. "Little Girl Blue" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 3:34
  4. "Cut Plug" - 4:13
  5. "Queen" - 7:00
  6. "Carpsie's Groove" - 6:10
  7. "Bunny R." - 6:14

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ Down Beat: April 11, 1963 vol. 30, no. 9
  2. ^ a b Allmusic Review accessed December 24, 2012
  3. ^ Edwards, D and Callahan, M. Argo Album Discography, Part 1: Jazz Series (1956-1965) accessed December 24, 2012