{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Introducing Carl Perkins | type = Album | artist = Carl Perkins | cover = Introducing Carl Perkins.jpg | alt = | released = 1956 | recorded = 1955 | venue = | studio = Los Angeles, CA | genre = Jazz | length = 38:24 | label = Dootone<br/><small>DL 211</small> | producer = Dootsie Williams }}

'''''Introducing Carl Perkins''''' is the sole album led by American jazz pianist Carl Perkins recorded in 1955 and released on the Dootone label the following year.<ref name="Dooto Records discography">[https://www.bsnpubs.com/la/dootone/dootone.html Both Sides Now: Dootone/Dooto Album Discography] accessed December 12, 2018</ref><ref>[https://attictoys.com/carl-perkins-discography/ Carl Perkins discography] accessed December 12, 2018</ref>

==Reception== {{Music ratings | rev1 = ''Allmusic'' | rev1Score = {{rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="Allmusic"/> |rev2 = ''The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings'' |rev2score = {{Rating|3|4}}<ref name="Penguin">{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=1146}}</ref> }} The Allmusic review by Michael G. Nastos stated: "Recorded two years before legendary West Coast pianist's death. ... Six Perkins originals make this an important document. He was an important sideman. Here as a leader he shows his true worth".<ref name="Allmusic">{{AllMusic|first=Michael G. |last=Nastos |class=album |id=mw0000088672 |title=Carl Perkins: ''Introducing Carl Perkins'' – Review |accessdate=December 12, 2018}}</ref>

==Track listing== ''All compositions by Carl Perkins except where noted'' # "Way Cross Town" – 3:40 # "You Don't Know What Love Is" (Gene de Paul, Don Raye) – 3:28 # "The Lady Is a Tramp" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 3:15 # "Marblehead" – 3:40 # "Woody 'n' You" (Dizzy Gillespie) – 4:13 # "Westside" – 2:05 # "Just Friends" (John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis) – 2:45 # "It Could Happen to You" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke) – 3:03 # "Why Do I Care" – 4:00 # "Lilacs in the Rain" (Peter DeRose, Mitchell Parish) – 3:25 # "Carl's Blues" – 4:50

==Personnel== *Carl Perkins – piano *Leroy Vinnegar – bass *Larance Marable – drums

==References== {{reflist}}

{{Authority control}}

Category:Carl Perkins (pianist) albums Category:1956 albums