Lonely and Blue (Etta Jones album)

Lonely and Blue
Studio album by Etta Jones
Released	1962
Recorded	April 6 and May 4, 1962 Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Genre	Vocal jazz
Length	49:20 CD reissue with bonus tracks
Label	Prestige PRLP 7241
Producer	Esmond Edwards
Etta Jones chronology
From the Heart (1962) Lonely and Blue (1962) Hollar! (1960-62)

Lonely and Blue is an album by jazz vocalist Etta Jones which was recorded in 1962 and released on the Prestige label.^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

The Allmusic site awarded the album 3 stars stating "Singer Etta Jones often recalls late-period Billie Holiday and Dinah Washington".^[2]

Track listing

1. "I'll Be There" (Howard Cook) - 2:55
2. "In the Dark" (Lil Green) - 2:55
3. "Out in the Cold Again" (Rube Bloom, Ted Koehler) - 3:16
4. "I'm Pulling Through" (Arthur Herzog, Jr., Irene Kitchings) - 3:37
5. "My Gentleman Friend" (Arnold B. Horwitt, Richard Lewine) - 2:20
6. "I Wonder" (Cecil Gant) - 3:20
7. "You Don't Know My Mind" (Clarence Williams) - 3:51
8. "Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good to You" (Andy Razaf, Don Redman) - 3:09
9. "Good-For-Nothin' Joe" (Bloom, Koehler) - 3:50
10. "I Miss You So" (Jimmy Henderson, Sid Robin, Bertha Scott) - 3:26 (orig. by The Cats and the Fiddle)
11. "Trav'lin' Light" (Johnny Mercer, Jimmy Mundy, Trummy Young) - 3:43
12. "But Not for Me" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 4:28 Bonus track on CD reissue
13. "If You Are But a Dream" (Nat Bonx, Jack Fulton, Moe Jaffe) - 4:22 Bonus track on CD reissue
14. "Cool Cool Daddy" (Traditional) - 4:50 Bonus track on CD reissue

• Recorded at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on April 6, 1962 (tracks 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 9 & 10), April 13, 1962 (tracks 12-14) and May 4, 1962 (tracks 3, 5, 8 & 11)

Personnel

• Etta Jones - vocals
• Gene Ammons (tracks 12-14), Budd Johnson (tracks 3, 5, 8 & 11) - tenor saxophone
• Patti Bown - piano
• Wally Richardson - guitar (tracks 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 9 & 10)
• Art Davis (tracks 3, 5, 8 & 11), George Duvivier (tracks 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10 & 12-14) - bass
• Walter Perkins (tracks 12-14), Ed Shaughnessy (tracks 1-11) - drums

References