MCMLXX (album) explained

MCMLXX
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Ray Bryant
Cover:	MCMLXX.jpg
Released:	1970
Recorded:	March 4, 5 & 18 and April 14, 1970 Atlantic Studios in NYC
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	34:09
Label:	Atlantic SD 1564
Producer:	Joel Dorn
Chronology:	Ray Bryant
Prev Title:	Sound Ray
Prev Year:	1969
Next Title:	Alone at Montreux
Next Year:	1972

MCMLXX is an album by American jazz pianist Ray Bryant released on the Atlantic label in 1970.^[1]

Reception

AllMusic reviewer Scott Yanow stated: "The colorful results are not essential but are less dated than one might think".

Track listing

All compositions by Ray Bryant, except as indicated

1. "Stick with It" - 5:51
2. "Let It Be" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) - 4:01
3. "Bridge over Troubled Water" (Paul Simon) - 3:20
4. "Hey Jude" (Lennon, McCartney) - 4:50
5. "Shake-a-Lady" - 2:38
6. "Unchained Melody" (Alex North, Hy Zaret) - 4:45
7. "My Cherie Amour" (Henry Cosby, Stevie Wonder, Sylvia Moy) - 4:56
8. "Spinning Wheel" (David Clayton-Thomas) - 3:39

Recorded at Atlantic Studios on March 4 (tracks 4 & 8), March 5 (track 7), March 18 (tracks 1, 5 & 6) and April 14 (tracks 2 & 3), 1970

Personnel

• Ray Bryant - piano
• Chuck Rainey - electric bass
• Jimmy Johnson - drums
• Joe Newman - trumpet (track 2)
• Garnett Brown - trombone (track 2)
• George Dorsey - alto saxophone (track 2)
  • King Curtis (track 2), Joe Gentle (tracks 1, 3 & 4) - tenor saxophone Leon Cohen - bass clarinet (tracks 1, 3 & 4)
• Pepper Adams - baritone saxophone (track 2)
• Emanuel Green, Gene Orloff, Joseph Malignaggi, Julien Barber, Matthew Raimondi, Noel Dacosta, Paul Gershman, Selwart Clarke, Winston Collymore - violin (tracks 1, 3 & 4)
• Charles McCracken - cello (tracks 1, 3 & 4)
• Ron Carter - acoustic bass (tracks 1, 3 & 4)
• Eumir Deodato (tracks 1, 3 & 4), Arif Mardin (track 2) - arranger

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/atlantic-records/catalog-1500-series/#sd-1564 Atlantic Records Catalog: 1500 series