Deuces Wild is an album by saxophonist Sonny Stitt recorded in 1966 and released on the Atlantic label.[1] The album featured Robin Kenyatta's recording debut. The 4 Stitt organ trio tracks can be found as bonus tracks to the My Mother's Eye's CD

Deuces Wild
Studio album by Sonny Stitt
Released	1967
Recorded	September 11, 1966 New York City
Genre	Jazz
Length	33:58
Label	Atlantic 3008
Producer	Joel Dorn
Sonny Stitt chronology
I Keep Comin' Back! (1966) Deuces Wild (1967) Parallel-a-Stitt (1967)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

In his review for Allmusic, Jim Todd stated "The performances are concise, blues-based blowing numbers. What they lack in compositional refinement they make up for in energetic execution".[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Sonny Stitt except as indicated

1. "Deuces Wild" - 5:25
2. "My Foolish Heart" (Ned Washington, Victor Young) - 4:44
3. "Blues Ahead" - 4:18
4. "Sittin' in with Stitt" - 4:01
5. "In the Bag" (Robin Kenyatta) - 6:21
6. "Me 'n' You" (Kenyatta) - 3:19
7. "Pipin' the Blues" (Rufus Harley, Stitt) - 5:50

Personnel

• Sonny Stitt - alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
• Wilmer Mosby (AKA Don Patterson) - organ
• Billy James - drums
• Robin Kenyatta - alto saxophone (track 5), soprano saxophone (track 6)
• Rufus Harley - tenor saxophone, and bagpipes (track 7)

References