Waiter, Ask the Man to Play the Blues is a 1964 studio album by jazz singer and pianist Freddy Cole.

[2] Thom Jurek reviewed the album for Allmusic and wrote of Cole that "His tune selection is flawlessly suited to his voice, a darkling instrument with a very slight roughness in its grain.

The title track features a late-night, forlorn groove with the piano punching lines as Cole's vocal effortlessly floats on top and guitars and the rhythm section whisper in the background...it's a stellar example of vocal jazz and blues with Cole's considerable gifts on full display.

"[2] In his review of the album for All About Jazz, Javier Aq Oritz wrote: "The New York recording is a product of its time, with assured long-lasting worth nonetheless.

They do, however, generate interest and radiate musicality....This release is a superb example of urban settled and cosmopolitan blues arousing affection through sheer straightforwardness even when—as expected of the blues—many of the lyrics are thematically inclined to the loneliest travails of love and life.