Little Susie
{{short description|1960 album by Ray Bryant}}
{{distinguish|text=the track "Little Susie" on the Michael Jackson album HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I}}
{{Infobox album
| name = Little Susie
| type = Album
| artist = Ray Bryant Trio
| cover = Little Susie.jpg
| alt =
| released = October 1960
| recorded = December 10, 1959 and January 19, 1960
| venue =
| studio = Columbia 30th Street Studio, New York City
| genre = Jazz
| length =
| label = Columbia
CL-1449/CS-8244
| producer =
| chronology = Ray Bryant
| prev_title = Ray Bryant Plays
| prev_year = 1959
| next_title = Madison Time
| next_year = 1960
}}
Little Susie is an album by pianist Ray Bryant released on Columbia Records in 1960.Watts, R., Callahan, M., Edwards, D. and Eyries, P. [http://www.bsnpubs.com/columbia/columbia12/columbia1400.html Columbia Main Series, Part 10: CL 1400-1499/CS 8196-8290 (1959-1961)], accessed April 25, 2017[http://www.jazzdisco.org/ray-bryant/catalog/#columbia-cl-1449 Ray Bryant catalog], accessed April 25, 2017[https://enciclopediadeljazz.wordpress.com/2016/08/24/ray-bryant-discography/ Enciclopedia del Jazz Ray Bryant discography], accessed April 26, 2017
Reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev2 = Encyclopedia of Popular Music
| rev2Score = {{Rating|5|5}}{{cite book|last=Larkin|first=Colin|author-link=Colin Larkin|title=Encyclopedia of Popular Music|year=2007|publisher=Oxford University Press|edition=4th|isbn=978-0195313734|title-link=Encyclopedia of Popular Music}}
}}
The AllMusic review stated "Pianist Ray Bryant's debut for Columbia was named after 'Little Susie,' a hit single he had a short time earlier recorded for Signature. The trio LP with bassist Tommy Bryant and either Gus Johnson or Eddie Locke on drums has a remake of 'Little Susie,' a few other originals that did not catch on as hits".{{AllMusic|first=Scott |last=Yanow |class=album |id= mw0000596837 |title=Little Susie – Review |accessdate=April 25, 2017}}
Track listing
All compositions by Ray Bryant except where noted
- "Little Susie"{{snd}}4:40
- "By Myself" (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz){{snd}}3:20
- "Blues For Norine"{{snd}}4:35
- "Moon-Faced, Starry-Eyed" (Kurt Weill, Langston Hughes){{snd}}3:27
- "Big Buddy"{{snd}}5:37
- "Willow Weep for Me" (Ann Ronell){{snd}}5:12
- "Greensleeves" (Traditional){{snd}}2:26
- "So In Love" (Cole Porter){{snd}}5:41
- "If I Can Just Make It" (Traditional){{snd}}2:12
- "Misty" (Erroll Garner){{snd}}4:04
- Recorded at Columbia Records, 30th Street Studio, NYC., on December 10, 1959 (tracks 1–3 & 10) and January 19, 1960 (tracks 4–9)
Personnel
- Ray Bryant – piano
- Tommy Bryant – bass
- Oliver Jackson (tracks 1–3 & 10), Eddie Locke (tracks 4–9) – drums
References
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