Rearin' Back

Rearin' Back
Studio album by Sonny Stitt
Released	1962
Recorded	September 24, 1962 Ter-Mar Recording Studio, Chicago, Illinois
Genre	Jazz
Label	Argo LP 709
Producer	Esmond Edwards
Sonny Stitt chronology
Sonny Stitt & the Top Brass (1962) Rearin' Back (1962) Stitt Plays Bird (1963)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Down Beat	[1]
Allmusic	[2]

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

Reception

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

All compositions by Sonny Stitt except as indicated

1. "Rearin' Back" - 5:15
2. "We" (Harry M. Woods, Al Sherman, Charles Tobias) - 4:04
3. "Little Girl Blue" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rogers) - 3:34
4. "Cut Plug" - 4:13
5. "Queen" - 7:00
6. "Carpsie's Groove" - 6:10
7. "Bunny R." - 6:14

Personnel

• Sonny Stitt - alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
• Ronnie Mathews - piano
• Arthur Harper - bass
• Lex Humphries - drums

References

1. Down Beat: April 11, 1963 vol. 30, no. 9
2. 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