A (Jimmy Raney album)

A
Studio album by
Jimmy Raney
Released1957
RecordedMay 28, 1954, February 18 and March 8, 1955
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey
GenreJazz
Length46:10
LabelPrestige
PR 7089
ProducerBob Weinstock
Jimmy Raney chronology
Jimmy Raney Visits Paris
(1955) 		A
(1957) 		The Four Most Guitars
(1956)

A is an album by guitarist Jimmy Raney recorded at three separate sessions between 1954 and 1955 and released on the Prestige label.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[3]

Ken Dryden of Allmusic reviewed the album, stating "This CD contains some of Jimmy Raney's finest work as a leader and is highly recommended".[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Jimmy Raney, except where noted.

  1. "Minor" – 4:31
  2. "Some Other Spring" (Arthur Herzog, Jr., Irene Kitchings) – 5:01
  3. "Double Image" – 4:28
  4. "On the Square" – 4:27
  5. "Spring Is Here" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 2:53
  6. "One More for the Mode" – 3:49
  7. "What's New?" (Johnny Burke, Bob Haggart) – 2:42
  8. "Tomorrow Fairly Cloudy" – 3:28
  9. "A Foggy Day" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 4:07
  10. "Someone to Watch over Me" (Gershwin, Gershwin) – 3:12
  11. "Cross Your Heart" (Buddy DeSylva, Lewis Gensler Jimmy Raney) – 3:53
  12. "You Don't Know What Love Is" (Gene de Paul, Don Raye) – 3:39

Note

  • Tracks 5-12 were initially released on a Prestige 10" LP titled Jimmy Raney 1955 (PRLP199)

Personnel

Production

References

  1. ^ Prestige Records discography accessed January 30, 2013
  2. ^ a b Dryden, K. Allmusic Review, January 30, 2013
  3. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1192. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.