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Personal Appearance
Studio album by Sonny Stitt
Released	1957
Recorded	May 12, 1957
Genre	Jazz
Length	75:03
Label	Verve
Producer	Norman Granz
Sonny Stitt chronology
37 Minutes and 48 Seconds with Sonny Stitt (1957) Personal Appearance (1957) Sonny Stitt with the New Yorkers (1957)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
DownBeat
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings

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

References

1. Allmusic review
2. Gitler, Ira (4 February 1960). "Sonny Stitt: Personnal Appearance". DownBeat. Vol. 27, no. 3. p. 28.
3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1346. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
4. Personal Appearance at AllMusic

• 1957 albums
• Sonny Stitt albums
• Albums produced by Norman Granz
• Verve Records albums