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 (1978) Cuttin' Loose (1978)

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

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

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

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

References

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