JazzCodex

Prestige · in the Kissa Kissa racks

Lonely And Blue

Lonely And Blue cover
RecordedApr 6 & May 4, 1962
LabelPrestige
CatalogPR 7241
Released1962
Personnel6 credited players
Discogsmaster 477132

The record

A hushed, ballad-heavy session that leans on Budd Johnson's tenor and Patti Bown's piano to frame Jones's smoky, behind-the-beat phrasing. Cut for Prestige in '62, it's torch-song jazz singing at its most unhurried and intimate.

Session personnel

  • Art Davis — bass
  • George Duvivier — bass
  • Ed Shaughnessy — drums
  • Wally Richardson — guitar
  • Patti Bown — piano
  • Budd Johnson — tenor saxophone

Contemporary reception

No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.

Pressings

1962Prestige · PR 7241 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo earliest on file · RVG stamp
1964Prestige · PR 7241 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo · RVG stamp
Prestige · PR 7241 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono · RVG stamp
1962Prestige — MONO
1992Original Jazz Classics · OJCCD-702-2 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered
1998Limited Edition (6) — CD, Album, Remastered, Unofficial Release
Original Jazz Classics · OJCCD-702-2 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered

Follow the players

Art Davis also plays on

George Duvivier also plays on

Ed Shaughnessy also plays on

Wally Richardson also plays on