Alone with the Blues (Ray Bryant album)
| Alone with the Blues | ||||
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| Released | End of May/early June 1959[1] | |||
| Recorded | December 19, 1958 | |||
| Studio | Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 37:49 | |||
| Label | New Jazz NJLP 8213 | |||
| Producer | Esmond Edwards | |||
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Alone with the Blues is a solo album recorded by American jazz pianist Ray Bryant in 1958 for the New Jazz label.[2][3]
Reception
[edit]| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [4] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz |  [5] |
| Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [6] |
Scott Yanow, in his review for AllMusic states, "Ray Bryant's first solo piano album is rightfully considered a classic. Bryant, at the time thought of as a young modern traditionalist, has always felt perfectly at home playing the blues... highly recommended".[4]
Track listing
[edit]All compositions by Ray Bryant except where noted.
- "Blues No. 3" – 7:15
- "Joy (Blues No. 2)" – 3:59
- "Lover Man" (Jimmy Davis, Ram Ramirez, Jimmy Sherman) – 3:52
- "Me and the Blues (Blues No. 1)" – 5:00
- "My Blues (Blues No. 5)" – 7:40
- "Rockin' Chair" (Hoagy Carmichael) – 5:16
- "Stocking Feet" – 4:47
Personnel
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Billboard, Jun 15, 1959
- ^ New Jazz Records discography accessed May 15, 2014
- ^ Enciclopedia del Jazz Ray Bryant discography, accessed April 26, 2017
- ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed May 15, 2014
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 194. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
