''Lonesome Traveler'' is an album by pianist

Ray Bryant Raphael Homer "Ray" Bryant (December 24, 1931 – June 2, 2011) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger. Early life Bryant was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on December 24, 1931. His mother was an ordained minister who had tau ...

recorded and released by

Cadet Records Cadet Records was an American record label that began as Argo Records in 1955 as the jazz subsidiary of Chess Records. Argo changed its name in 1965 to Cadet to avoid confusion with the similarly named label in the UK. Cadet stopped releasing r ...

in 1966.

Reception

''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".Flophouse magazine review
accessed August 5, 2019

Track listing

''All compositions by Ray Bryant, except where indicated.'' # "Lonesome Traveler" ( Lee Hays) – 3:14 # " 'Round Midnight" (

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, Cootie Williams, Bernie Hanighen) – 6:03 # " These Boots Were Made for Walkin'" (

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) – 3:36 # "

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Ann Ronell Ann Ronell (née Rosenblatt; December 25, 1905 — December 25, 1993) was an American composer and lyricist. She was best known for the standards " Willow Weep for Me" (1932) and " Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf" (1933). Early life Ronell was b ...

) – 5:14 # "The Blue Scimitar" (Esmond Edwards) – 4:22 # "Gettin' Loose" – 3:42 # "

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) – 4:30 # "Cubano Chant" – 4:10 # "Brother This 'N' Sister That" – 4:43

Personnel

– piano *

Snooky Young Eugene Edward "Snooky" Young (February 3, 1919 – May 11, 2011) was an American jazz trumpeter. He was known for his mastery of the plunger mute, with which he was able to create a wide range of sounds. Biography Young was lead trumpeter of t ...

– trumpet * Clark Terry – trumpet, flugelhorn *

Jimmy Rowser James Edward Rowser (April 18, 1926 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; - June 24, 2004 in Teaneck, New Jersey)Cite Web : https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/northjersey/obituary.aspx?n=james-e-rowser&pid=2368134 was an American jazz double-bassist. Row ...

(tracks 2, 4, 5 & 8-9), Richard Davis (tracks 1, 3 & 6) – bass *

Freddie Waits Frederick "Freddie" Douglas Waits (April 27, 1943 – November 18, 1989) was a hard bop and post-bop drummer. Waits never officially recorded as leader, but was a prominent member and composer in Max Roach's M'Boom percussion ensemble. He work ...

– drums

References

{{Authority control 1966 albums Ray Bryant albums Cadet Records albums Albums produced by Esmond Edwards