Lonesome Traveler (album) explained

Lonesome Traveler is an album by pianist Ray Bryant recorded and released by Cadet Records in 1966.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}

Chart performance

The album debuted on Billboard magazine's Top LP's chart in the issue dated May 13, 1965, peaking at No. 193 during a three-week run on the chart.^[6]

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".^[7]

Track listing

All compositions by Ray Bryant, except where indicated.

1. "Lonesome Traveler" (Lee Hays) – 3:14
2. "'Round Midnight" (Thelonious Monk, Cootie Williams, Bernie Hanighen) – 6:03
3. "These Boots Were Made for Walkin'" (Lee Hazlewood) – 3:36
4. "Willow Weep for Me" (Ann Ronell) – 5:14
5. "The Blue Scimitar" (Esmond Edwards) – 4:22
6. "Gettin' Loose" – 3:42
7. "Wild Is the Wind" (Dimitri Tiomkin, Ned Washington) – 4:30
8. "Cubano Chant" – 4:10
9. "Brother This 'N' Sister That" – 4:43

Personnel

• Ray Bryant – piano
• Snooky Young – trumpet
• Clark Terry – trumpet, flugelhorn
• Jimmy Rowser (tracks 2, 4, 5 & 8–9), Richard Davis (tracks 1, 3 & 6) – bass
• Freddie Waits – drums

Notes and References

1. Callahan, M. and Edwards, D. Cadet Album Discography (1965-1971), accessed August 5, 2019
2. https://www.jazzdisco.org/ray-bryant/catalog/#cadet-lp-778 Ray Bryant catalog
3. https://enciclopediadeljazz.wordpress.com/2016/08/24/ray-bryant-discography/ Enciclopedia del Jazz Ray Bryant discography
4. Lord, T., Clark Terry discography, accessed August 5, 2019
5. http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_Label_Argo_Cadet_700.htm Jazzlists: Argo/Cadet discography (LP 700 to LP 799)
6. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Top LPs, 1955–1972 . 1973 . Record Research . 24 . 2025-07-10.
7. http://flophousemagazine.com/2017/08/24/jimmy-mcgriff-live-where-the-actions-at-veep-1966/ Flophouse magazine review