Lonely and Blue (Etta Jones album)

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Lonely and Blue
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Studio album by
Etta Jones
Released1962
RecordedApril 6 and May 4, 1962
Studio Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Genre Vocal jazz
Length49:20CD 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]

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Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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The Allmusic site awarded the album three 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

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ Prestige Records discography accessed May 29, 2013
  2. 1 2 Yanow, S. Allmusic listing accessed May 29, 2013
  3. ↑ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 793. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
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