Seven Standards and a Blues
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{{Infobox album
| name = Seven Standards and a Blues
| type = Studio
| artist = Ernie Henry
| cover = Seven Standards and a Blues.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1957
| recorded = September 30, 1957
Reeves Sound Studios, New York City
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Jazz
| length = 39:33
| label = Riverside
RLP 12-248
| producer = Orrin Keepnews
| chronology = Ernie Henry
| prev_title = Presenting Ernie Henry
| prev_year = 1956
| next_title = Last Chorus
| next_year = 1956-57
}}
Seven Standards and a Blues is the second album by American jazz saxophonist Ernie Henry featuring tracks recorded in 1957 for the Riverside label.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/riverside-records/catalog-200-series/#rlp-12-248 Riverside Records discography] accessed August 29, 2012
Reception
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
|rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings
|rev2score = {{Rating|3|4}}{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=690}}
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Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars with Scott Yanow stating "Recorded just three months before his unexpected death, this set by altoist Ernie Henry is his definitive album as a leader... Superior modern mainstream music, but there should have been much more from the potentially significant Ernie Henry".Yanow, S. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/seven-standards-and-a-blues-mw0000096491 Allmusic Review] accessed August 29, 2012
Track listing
- "I Get a Kick Out of You" (Cole Porter) - 4:39
- "My Ideal" (Newell Chase, Leo Robin, Richard A. Whiting) - 2:46
- "I've Got the World on a String" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) - 6:33
- "Sweet Lorraine" (Cliff Burwell, Mitchell Parish) - 5:01
- "Soon" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 6:00
- "Lover Man" (Jimmy Davis, Ram Ramirez, James Sherman) - 2:41
- "Specific Gravity" (Ernie Henry) - 6:39
- "Like Someone in Love" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) - 5:14