Alone with the Blues (Ray Bryant album)

Alone with the Blues
Studio album by Ray Bryant
Released End of May/early June 1959[1]
Recorded December 19, 1958
Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey
Genre Jazz
Length 37:49
Label New Jazz
NJLP 8213
Producer Esmond Edwards
Ray Bryant chronology
Ray Bryant Trio
(1957)		 Alone with the Blues
(1958)		 Madison Time
(1960)

Alone with the Blues is a solo album recorded by American jazz pianist Ray Bryant in 1958 for the New Jazz label.[2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]

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".[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Ray Bryant except as indicated

  1. "Blues No. 3" - 7:15
  2. "Joy (Blues No. 2)" - 3:59
  3. "Lover Man" (Jimmy Davis, Ram Ramirez, Jimmy Sherman) - 3:52
  4. "Me and the Blues (Blues No. 1)" - 5:00
  5. "My Blues (Blues No. 5)" - 7:40
  6. "Rockin' Chair" (Hoagy Carmichael) - 5:16
  7. "Stocking Feet" - 4:47

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Billboard, Jun 15, 1959
  2. ↑ New Jazz Records discography accessed May 15, 2014
  3. 1 2 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed May 15, 2014
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