Now Please Don't You Cry, Beautiful Edith

Now Please Don't You Cry, Beautiful Edith is an album by the jazz multi-instrumentalist Roland Kirk, released on the Verve label in 1967. It contains performances by Kirk with Lonnie Liston Smith, Ronnie Boykins and Grady Tate.^[3]

Now Please Don't You Cry, Beautiful Edith
Studio album by Roland Kirk
Released	1967
Recorded	May 2, 1967
Studio	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre	Jazz
Length	32:12
Label	Verve
Producer	Creed Taylor
Roland Kirk chronology
Slightly Latin (1965) Now Please Don't You Cry, Beautiful Edith (1967) The Inflated Tear (1967)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[2]

Reception

The AllMusic review by Thom Jurek states: "Now Please Don't You Cry, Beautiful Edith (about Kirk's wife) was the first of his all groove sides.... This was the beginning of the exploration that led listeners to Blacknuss and Boogie-Woogie String Along for Real, and it is worth every bit as those two recordings".^[1] Richard Cook and Brian Morton rated the CD reissue of the album, combined with the album Rip, Rig and Panic, with the second-highest grade in their Penguin Guide to Jazz, and named the reissue as part of their suggested “core collection” of essential recordings.^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Roland Kirk except as noted

1. "Blue Rol" - 6:09
2. "Alfie" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) - 2:52
3. "Why Don't They Know" - 2:54
4. "Silverlization" - 4:57
5. "Fall Out" - 3:01
6. "Now Please Don't You Cry, Beautiful Edith" - 4:23
7. "Stompin' Grounds" - 4:46
8. "It's a Grand Night for Swinging" (Billy Taylor) - 3:10

Personnel

• Roland Kirk: tenor saxophone, manzello, stritch, flute
• Lonnie Liston Smith: piano
• Ronnie Boykins: bass
• Grady Tate: drums

References

1. AllMusic Review
2. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 828. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
3. Rahsaan Roland Kirk discography accessed 11 August 2009