# Little Susie

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{{short description|1960 album by Ray Bryant}}
{{distinguish|text=the track "Little Susie" on the Michael Jackson album [HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I](/source/HIStory%3A_Past%2C_Present_and_Future%2C_Book_I)}}
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{{Infobox album
| name       = Little Susie
| type       = Album
| artist     = [Ray Bryant](/source/Ray_Bryant) Trio
| cover      = Little Susie.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = October 1960
| recorded   = December 10, 1959 and January 19, 1960
| venue      =
| studio     = Columbia 30th Street Studio, New York City
| genre      = [Jazz](/source/Jazz)
| length     =
| label      = [Columbia](/source/Columbia_Records) <br /><small>CL-1449/CS-8244</small>
| producer   =
| chronology = [Ray Bryant](/source/Ray_Bryant)
| prev_title = [Ray Bryant Plays](/source/Ray_Bryant_Plays)
| prev_year  = 1959
| next_title = [Madison Time](/source/Madison_Time)
| next_year  = 1960
}}
'''''Little Susie''''' is an album by pianist [Ray Bryant](/source/Ray_Bryant)  released on [Columbia Records](/source/Columbia_Records) in 1960.<ref>Watts, R., Callahan, M., Edwards, D. and Eyries, P.  [https://www.bsnpubs.com/columbia/columbia12/columbia1400.html Columbia Main Series, Part 10: CL 1400-1499/CS 8196-8290 (1959-1961)], accessed April 25, 2017</ref><ref>[https://www.jazzdisco.org/ray-bryant/catalog/#columbia-cl-1449 Ray Bryant catalog], accessed April 25, 2017</ref><ref>[https://enciclopediadeljazz.wordpress.com/2016/08/24/ray-bryant-discography/ Enciclopedia del Jazz Ray Bryant discography], accessed April 26, 2017</ref>

== Reception ==
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic)
| rev1Score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name="Allmusic" />
| rev2 = ''[Encyclopedia of Popular Music](/source/Encyclopedia_of_Popular_Music)''
| rev2Score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>{{cite book|last=Larkin|first=Colin|author-link=Colin Larkin|title=Encyclopedia of Popular Music|year=2007|publisher=[Oxford University Press](/source/Oxford_University_Press)|edition=4th|isbn=978-0195313734|title-link=Encyclopedia of Popular Music}}</ref>
}}
The [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic) review stated "Pianist Ray Bryant's debut for Columbia was named after 'Little Susie,' a hit single he had a short time earlier recorded for Signature. The trio LP with bassist Tommy Bryant and either Gus Johnson or Eddie Locke on drums has a remake of 'Little Susie,' a few other originals that did not catch on as hits".<ref name="Allmusic">{{AllMusic|first=Scott |last=Yanow |class=album |id= mw0000596837 |title=''Little Susie'' – Review |accessdate=April 25, 2017}}</ref>

== Track listing ==
All compositions by Ray Bryant except where noted
# "Little Susie"{{snd}}4:40
# "[By Myself](/source/By_Myself_(1937_song))" ([Howard Dietz](/source/Howard_Dietz), [Arthur Schwartz](/source/Arthur_Schwartz)){{snd}}3:20
# "Blues For Norine"{{snd}}4:35
# "Moon-Faced, Starry-Eyed" ([Kurt Weill](/source/Kurt_Weill), [Langston Hughes](/source/Langston_Hughes)){{snd}}3:27
# "Big Buddy"{{snd}}5:37
# "[Willow Weep for Me](/source/Willow_Weep_for_Me)" ([Ann Ronell](/source/Ann_Ronell)){{snd}}5:12
# "[Greensleeves](/source/Greensleeves)" (Traditional){{snd}}2:26
# "[So In Love](/source/So_In_Love)" ([Cole Porter](/source/Cole_Porter)){{snd}}5:41
# "If I Can Just Make It" (Traditional){{snd}}2:12
# "[Misty](/source/Misty_(song))" ([Erroll Garner](/source/Erroll_Garner)){{snd}}4:04
*Recorded at Columbia Records, 30th Street Studio, NYC., on December 10, 1959 (tracks 1–3 & 10) and January 19, 1960 (tracks 4–9)

== Personnel ==
*[Ray Bryant](/source/Ray_Bryant) – [piano](/source/piano)
*[Tommy Bryant](/source/Tommy_Bryant) – [bass](/source/double_bass)
*[Oliver Jackson](/source/Oliver_Jackson_(musician)) (tracks 1–3 & 10), [Eddie Locke](/source/Eddie_Locke) (tracks 4–9) – [drums](/source/drum_kit)

== References ==
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Category:1960 albums
Category:Ray Bryant albums
Category:Columbia Records albums

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