Lonely and Blue is an album by jazz vocalist Etta Jones which was recorded in 1962 and released on the Prestige label.[1]
| Lonely and Blue | ||||
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| Released | 1962 | |||
| Recorded | April 6 and May 4, 1962 | |||
| Studio | Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey | |||
| Genre | Vocal jazz | |||
| Length | 49:20 CD reissue with bonus tracks | |||
| Label | Prestige PRLP 7241 | |||
| Producer | Esmond Edwards | |||
| Etta Jones chronology | ||||
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Reception edit
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |  [3] |
The Allmusic site awarded the album three stars, stating: "Singer Etta Jones often recalls late-period Billie Holiday and Dinah Washington."[2]
Track listing edit
- "I'll Be There" (Howard Cook) – 2:55
- "In the Dark" (Lil Green) – 2:55
- "Out in the Cold Again" (Rube Bloom, Ted Koehler) – 3:16
- "I'm Pulling Through" (Arthur Herzog, Jr., Irene Kitchings) – 3:37
- "My Gentleman Friend" (Arnold B. Horwitt, Richard Lewine) – 2:20
- "I Wonder" (Cecil Gant) – 3:20
- "You Don't Know My Mind" (Clarence Williams) – 3:51
- "Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good to You" (Andy Razaf, Don Redman) – 3:09
- "Good-For-Nothin' Joe" (Bloom, Koehler) – 3:50
- "I Miss You So" (Jimmy Henderson, Sid Robin, Bertha Scott) – 3:26 (orig. by The Cats and the Fiddle)
- "Trav'lin' Light" (Johnny Mercer, Jimmy Mundy, Trummy Young) – 3:43
- "But Not for Me" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 4:28 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "If You Are But a Dream" (Nat Bonx, Jack Fulton, Moe Jaffe) – 4:22 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "Cool Cool Daddy" (Traditional) – 4:50 Bonus track on CD reissue
- Recorded at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on April 6, 1962 (tracks 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 9 & 10), April 13, 1962 (tracks 12–14) and May 4, 1962 (tracks 3, 5, 8 & 11)
Personnel edit
- Etta Jones – vocals
- Gene Ammons (tracks 12–14), Budd Johnson (tracks 3, 5, 8 & 11) – tenor saxophone
- Patti Bown – piano
- Wally Richardson – guitar (tracks 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 9 & 10)
- Art Davis (tracks 3, 5, 8 & 11), George Duvivier (tracks 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10 & 12–14) – bass
- Walter Perkins (tracks 12–14), Ed Shaughnessy (tracks 1–11) – drums
References edit
- ^ Prestige Records discography accessed May 29, 2013
- ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic listing accessed May 29, 2013
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 793. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.