Alone with the Blues (Ray Bryant album) explained

Alone with the Blues
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Ray Bryant
Cover:	Alone with the Blues (Ray Bryant album).jpg
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
Chronology:	Ray Bryant
Prev Title:	Ray Bryant Trio
Prev Year:	1957
Next Title:	Ray Bryant Plays
Next Year:	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

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

Notes and References

1. https://books.google.com/books?id=WiAEAAAAMBAJ&dq=Alone+With+the+Blues+8213&pg=PA34 Billboard, Jun 15, 1959
2. http://www.jazzdisco.org/prestige-records/catalog-new-jazz-status-8200-8300-series/#njlp-8213 New Jazz Records discography
3. https://enciclopediadeljazz.wordpress.com/2016/08/24/ray-bryant-discography/ Enciclopedia del Jazz Ray Bryant discography
4. Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed May 15, 2014