Introducing Doug Raney

Introducing Doug Raney
Introducing Doug Raney
Studio album by Doug Raney
Released	1978
Recorded	September 28–29, 1977
Studio	Sweet Silence Studios, Copenhagen, Denmark
Genre	Jazz
Length	56:52
Label	SteepleChase
Producer	Nils Winther
Doug Raney chronology

Introducing Doug Raney is the debut album by jazz guitarist Doug Raney recorded in 1977 and released on the Danish label, SteepleChase.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Reception[edit]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[5]

Scott Yanow of AllMusic states Raney has "a swinging style and light tone just slightly heavier than that of his father" calling it "An impressive debut".^[4]

Track listing[edit]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Mr. P.C." (John Coltrane)	5:33
2.	"Someone to Watch Over Me" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)	6:52
3.	"Bluebird" (Charlie Parker)	6:48
4.	"The End of a Love Affair" (Edward Redding)	7:16
5.	"Casbah" (Tadd Dameron)	10:20
6.	"I Remember You" (Victor Schertzinger, Johnny Mercer)	4:56
7.	"Like Someone in Love" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke)	3:32
8.	"Unit 7" (Sam Jones)	5:55
9.	"On Green Dolphin Street" (Bronisław Kaper, Ned Washington)	5:38

Personnel[edit]

Doug Raney – guitar
Duke Jordan – piano
Hugo Rasmussen – double bass
Billy Hart – drums

References[edit]

^ SteepleChase Records discography, accessed March 23, 2017
^ SteepleChase Productions ApS, accessed March 23, 2017
^ The Raney Legacy, accessed March 23, 2017
^ ^a ^b Yanow, Scott. Doug Raney: Introducing Doug Raney – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved March 23, 2017.
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1191. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

[1] SteepleChase Records discography, accessed March 23, 2017

[2] SteepleChase Productions ApS, accessed March 23, 2017

[3] The Raney Legacy, accessed March 23, 2017

[Allmusic-4] Yanow, Scott. Doug Raney: Introducing Doug Raney – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved March 23, 2017.

[Penguin-5] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1191. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

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v t e Doug Raney
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
Studio albums	Introducing Doug Raney (1977) Cuttin' Loose (1978) Stolen Moments (with Jimmy Raney, 1979) Duets (with Jimmy Raney, 1979) Listen (1980) I'll Close My Eyes (1982) Nardis (with Jimmy Raney, 1983) Meeting the Tenors (1983) Blue and White (1984) Lazy Bird (1984) Guitar Guitar Guitar (1985) Something's Up (1988) The Doug Raney Quintet (1988)
Live albums	Everything We Love (with Thorgeir Stubø, 1983)

v t e Duke Jordan
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
Albums as leader or co-leader	Duke Jordan Trio and Quintet (1955) Flight to Jordan (1960) Brooklyn Brothers (with Cecil Payne, 1973) Flight to Denmark (1973) Two Loves (1973) Duke's Delight (1975) Lover Man (1975) Misty Thursday (1975) Truth (1975) Flight to Japan (1976) Live in Japan (1976) Duke's Artistry (1978) The Great Session (1978) Tivoli One (1978) Tivoli Two (1978) Wait and See (1978) Change a Pace (1979) Midnight Moonlight (1979) Thinking of You (1979) Art Pepper with Duke Jordan in Copenhagen 1981 (1981) As Time Goes By (1985) Time on My Hands (1985)
With others	All Star Sessions (Gene Ammons, 1950) The Happy Blues (Gene Ammons, 1956) No Problem (Chet Baker, 1979) Les Liaisons dangereuses (Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers, 1959) True Blue (Tina Brooks, 1960) Swingin' (Kenny Burrell, 1956) Blue Lights (Kenny Burrell, 1958) The Inimitable Teddy Edwards (1976) Art Farmer Quintet featuring Gigi Gryce (1955) The Complete Roost Recordings (Stan Getz, 1952) Stan Getz Plays (1952) Doin' the Gigi (Gigi Gryce, 1957) The Return of Howard McGhee (1955) Beautiful! (Charles McPherson, 1965) Complete Charlie Parker on Dial/Charlie Parker on Dial (1947) Patterns of Jazz (Cecil Payne, 1956) Bird Gets the Worm (Cecil Payne, 1976) Oscar Pettiford (1954) Introducing Doug Raney (1977) Comin' On! (Dizzy Reece, 1960) Here Comes Louis Smith (1958) Stitt's Bits (Sonny Stitt, 1950) Sonny Stitt & the Top Brass (1962) The Champ (Sonny Stitt, 1973) Julius Watkins Sextet (1955)