title: Seven Standards and a Blues
text: # Seven Standards and a Blues
  
  Seven Standards and a Blues is the second album by American jazz saxophonist Ernie Henry featuring tracks recorded in 1957 for the Riverside label.
  
  ## Reception
  
  Professional ratings :
  
  | Review scores ||
  | - | - |
  | Source | Rating |
  | Allmusic | |
  | The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | |
  
  Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars with Scott Yanow stating "Recorded just three months before his unexpected death, this set by altoist Ernie Henry is his definitive album as a leader... Superior modern mainstream music, but there should have been much more from the potentially significant Ernie Henry".
  
  ## Track listing
  
  * "I Get a Kick Out of You" (Cole Porter) - 4:39
  * "My Ideal" (Newell Chase, Leo Robin, Richard A. Whiting) - 2:46
  * "I've Got the World on a String" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) - 6:33
  * "Sweet Lorraine" (Cliff Burwell, Mitchell Parish) - 5:01
  * "Soon" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 6:00
  * "Lover Man" (Jimmy Davis, Ram Ramirez, James Sherman) - 2:41
  * "Specific Gravity" (Ernie Henry) - 6:39
  * "Like Someone in Love" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) - 5:14
  
  ## Personnel
  
  * Ernie Henry - alto saxophone
  * Wynton Kelly - piano
  * Wilbur Ware - bass
  * Philly Joe Jones - drums
  