Seven Standards and a Blues is the second album by American jazz saxophonist Ernie Henry featuring tracks recorded in 1957 for the Riverside label.Riverside Records discography accessed August 29, 2012
Reception
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. 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
Personnel Ernie Henry - alto saxophone Wynton Kelly - piano Wilbur Ware - bass Philly Joe Jones - drums
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