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 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 (1958) Madison Time (1960)

Alone with the Blues is a solo album recorded by American jazz pianist Ray Bryant in 1958 for the New Jazz label.^[2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]

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".^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Ray Bryant except as indicated

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. Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed May 15, 2014