Introducing Doug Raney

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Introducing Doug Raney
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Studio album by
Released1978
RecordedSeptember 28–29, 1977
StudioSweet Silence Studios, Copenhagen, Denmark
Genre Jazz
Length56:52
Label SteepleChase
Producer Nils Winther
Doug Raney chronology
Introducing Doug Raney
(1978)
Cuttin' Loose
(1978)

Introducing Doug Raney is the debut album by jazz guitarist Doug Raney recorded in 1977 and released on the Danish label, SteepleChase. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Scott Yanow of AllMusic states Raney has "a swinging style and light tone just slightly heavier than that of his father" calling it "An impressive debut". [4]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Mr. P.C." (John Coltrane)5:33
2."Someone to Watch Over Me" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)6:52
3."Bluebird" (Charlie Parker)6:48
4."The End of a Love Affair" (Edward Redding)7:16
5."Casbah" (Tadd Dameron)10:20
6."I Remember You" (Victor Schertzinger, Johnny Mercer)4:56
7."Like Someone in Love" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke)3:32
8."Unit 7" (Sam Jones)5:55
9."On Green Dolphin Street" (Bronisław Kaper, Ned Washington)5:38

Personnel

References

  1. SteepleChase Records discography, accessed March 23, 2017
  2. SteepleChase Productions ApS, accessed March 23, 2017
  3. The Raney Legacy, accessed March 23, 2017
  4. 1 2 Yanow, Scott. Doug Raney: Introducing Doug Raney – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved March 23, 2017.
  5. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1191. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.