Aretha Franklin – With The Ray Bryant combo

Primo album in studio (1961) per la leggendaria Aretha Franklin
Alla batteria, Osie Johnson e Belton Sticks Evans.
Side One
1. “Won’t Be Long” (J. Leslie McFarland) 3:12
Recorded on November 29, 1960
With John McFarland, piano; Bill Lee, bass; Belton (Sticks) Evans, drums
2. “Over the Rainbow” (Harold Arlen, E.Y. Harburg) 2:42
Recorded on August 1, 1960
With Chauncey (Lord) Westbrook, Clifton (Skeeter) Best, guitar; William (Bill) Lee, bass; Osie Johnson, drums; Tyree Glenn, trombone
3. “Love Is the Only Thing” (J. Leslie McFarland) 2:44
Recorded on August 1, 1960
With Chauncey (Lord) Westbrook, Clifton (Skeeter) Best, guitar; William (Bill) Lee, bass; James Osie Johnson, drums; Tyree Glenn, trombone; Paul Owens, vocal obbligato
4. “Sweet Lover” (J. Leslie McFarland, Sidney Wyche) 3:26
Recorded on December 19, 1960
With William (Bill) Lee, bass; Belton (Sticks) Evans, drums
5. “All Night Long” (Curtis Lewis) 3:01
Recorded on November 17, 1960
With Chauncey (Lord) Westbrook, guitar; Bill Lee, bass; Belton (Sticks) Evans, drums; Al Sears, tenor saxophone; Quentin Jackson, trombone
6. “Who Needs You?” (Billie Holiday, Jeanne Burns) 2:50
Recorded on January 10, 1961
With Aretha Franklin, piano; Al Sears, tenor saxophone; Chauncey (Lloyd) Westbrook, guitar; Milton John (Milt) Hinton, bass; Belton (Sticks) Evans, drums
Side Two
1. “Right Now” (J. Leslie McFarland) 2:27
Recorded on August 1, 1960
With Clifton (Skeeter) Best, guitar; William (Bill) Lee, bass; James Osie Johnson, drums; Tyree Glenn, trombone
2. “Are You Sure” (Meredith Willson) 2:44
From the Broadway musical production of The Unsinkable Molly Brown
Recorded on January 10, 1961
With Aretha Franklin, piano; Al Sears, tenor saxophone; Chauncey (Lloyd) Westbrook, guitar; Milton John (Milt) Hinton, bass; Belton (Sticks) Evans, drums
3. “Maybe I’m a Fool” (J. Leslie McFarland) 3:20
Working title: “Baby, I’m A Fool”
Recorded on January 10, 1961
With Aretha Franklin, piano; Al Sears, tenor saxophone; Chauncey (Lord) Westbrook, guitar; Milton John (Milt) Hinton, bass; Belton (Sticks) Evans, drums
4. “It Ain’t Necessarily So” (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) 2:57
Recorded on December 19, 1960
With Lucky Warren, tenor saxophone; Chauncey (Lord) Westbrook, guitar; William (Bill) Lee, bass; Belton (Sticks) Evans, drums
5. “By Myself” (J. Leslie McFarland, J. Bailey) 2:42
Working title: “(Blue) By Myself”
Recorded on November 17, 1960
With Chauncey (Lord) Westbrook, guitar; William (Bill) Lee, bass; Belton (Sticks) Evans, drums; Al Sears, tenor saxophone; Quentin Jackson, trombone
6. “Today I Sing the Blues” (Curtis Lewis) 2:47
Recorded on August 1, 1960
With Chauncey (Lord) Westbrook, Clifton (Skeeter) Best, guitar; William (Bill) Lee, bass; James Osie Johnson, drums; Tyree Glenn, trombone