Lonesome Traveler (album)

Lonesome Traveler
Studio album by Ray Bryant
Released	1966
Recorded	September 1 & 8, 1966
Studio	RCA Studios, New York City, NY
Genre	Jazz
Length	39:35
Label	Cadet LP/LPS-778
Producer	Esmond Edwards
Ray Bryant chronology
Gotta Travel On (1966) Lonesome Traveler (1966) Slow Freight (1967)

Lonesome Traveler is an album by pianist Ray Bryant recorded and released by Cadet Records in 1966. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}

Chart performance

The album debuted on Billboard magazine's Top LP's chart in the issue dated May 13, 1965, peaking at No. 193 during a three-week run on the chart. ^[6]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[7]

Flophouse magazine stated: "Lonesome Traveler is one of pianist Ray Bryant’s grittiest recordings and his second album on Cadet – the subsidiary of Chicago blues and r&b label Chess. ...By 1966, Bryant, a pianist with a lot of gospel and blues feeling and an uncommonly firm, propulsive left hand had a satisfactory decade to look back upon". ^[8]

Track listing

All compositions by Ray Bryant, except where indicated.

1. "Lonesome Traveler" (Lee Hays) – 3:14
2. "'Round Midnight" (Thelonious Monk, Cootie Williams, Bernie Hanighen) – 6:03
3. "These Boots Were Made for Walkin'" (Lee Hazlewood) – 3:36
4. "Willow Weep for Me" (Ann Ronell) – 5:14
5. "The Blue Scimitar" (Esmond Edwards) – 4:22
6. "Gettin' Loose" – 3:42
7. "Wild Is the Wind" (Dimitri Tiomkin, Ned Washington) – 4:30
8. "Cubano Chant" – 4:10
9. "Brother This 'N' Sister That" – 4:43

Personnel

• Ray Bryant – piano
• Snooky Young – trumpet
• Clark Terry – trumpet, flugelhorn
• Jimmy Rowser (tracks 2, 4, 5 & 8-9), Richard Davis (tracks 1, 3 & 6) – bass
• Freddie Waits – drums

Charts

Chart (1967)	Peak position
US Billboard Top LPs [6]	193

References

1. Callahan, M. and Edwards, D. Cadet Album Discography (1965-1971), accessed August 5, 2019
2. Ray Bryant catalog, accessed August 5, 2019
3. Enciclopedia del Jazz Ray Bryant discography, accessed August 5, 2019
4. Lord, T., Clark Terry discography, accessed August 5, 2019
5. Jazzlists: Argo/Cadet discography (LP 700 to LP 799) accessed August 6, 2019
6. Whitburn, Joel (1973). Top LPs, 1955–1972. Record Research. p. 24. Retrieved July 10, 2025.
7. Ray Bryant: Lonesome Traveler – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved August 5, 2019.
8. Flophouse magazine review, accessed August 5, 2019