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Afternoon listening: Sonny Stitt - Boppin' In Baltimore, Live at the Left Bank

Alto sax master in quartet with Kenny Barron, Sam Jones and Louis Hayes. Four of the masters putting in a solid night at the office in 1973, two discs worth of standards, bop and blues. Stitt slays on alto. My only complaint: piano is way too low in the mix, barely audible at times. Still, we're lucky to have every one of these documents from the vaults.