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Alone with the Blues (Ray Bryant album)

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Recorded
  
December 19, 1958

Alone with the Blues (1958)
  
Madison Time (1960)

Release date
  
1959

Label
  
Original Jazz Classics

Length
  
37:49

Artist
  
Ray Bryant

Producer
  
Esmond Edwards

Genre
  
Jazz

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Released
  
End of May/early June 1959

Studio
  
Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey

Jazz albums
  
Blues Groove, Groovin' with Golson, Gone with Golson, Benny Golson and the Phila, Max Roach + 4

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

Contents

Reception

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".

Track listing

All compositions by Ray Bryant except where noted.

  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

  • Ray Bryant – piano

    • Songs

    1Blues #37:20
    2Joy (Blues #2)4:04
    3Lover Man (Oh - Where Can You Be)3:57

    References

    Alone with the Blues (Ray Bryant album) Wikipedia
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