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
Studio	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 (1959) Ray Bryant Plays (1959)

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

Professional ratings

Review scores
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

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

References

1. Billboard, Jun 15, 1959
2. New Jazz Records discography accessed May 15, 2014
3. Enciclopedia del Jazz Ray Bryant discography, accessed April 26, 2017
4. Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed May 15, 2014
5. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 194. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
6. Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN   978-0195313734.