Ray Bryant Plays Explained

Ray Bryant Plays
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Ray Bryant
Cover:	Ray Bryant Plays.jpg
Released:	1960
Recorded:	October 29 and November 5–6, 1959
Studio:	New York City
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	45:47
Label:	Signature SM/SS 6008
Producer:	Bob Thiele
Chronology:	Ray Bryant
Prev Title:	Alone with the Blues
Prev Year:	1958
Next Title:	Little Susie
Next Year:	1959

Ray Bryant Plays is an album recorded by American jazz pianist Ray Bryant recorded in 1959 for the Signature label.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars calling it "a strong sampling of Ray Bryant's accessible playing during his early period".

Track listing

1. "Delauney's Dilemma" (John Lewis) – 2:35
2. "Blue Monk" (Thelonious Monk) – 5:00
3. "Misty" (Erroll Garner) – 2:59
4. "Sneaking Around" (Ray Bryant) – 3:46
5. "Now's the Time" (Charlie Parker) – 4:00
6. "Wheatleigh Hall" (Dizzy Gillespie) – 3:55
7. "Doodlin'" (Horace Silver) – 4:05
8. "A Hundred Dreams from Now" (Duke Ellington) – 3:20
9. "Bags' Groove" (Milt Jackson) – 5:34
10. "Walkin'" (Richard Carpenter) – 3:08
11. "Take the "A" Train" (Billy Strayhorn) – 3:50
12. "Whisper Not" (Benny Golson) – 3:35

• Recorded in NYC on October 29 (tracks 1 & 5–7), November 5, (tracks 2, 3, 10 & 12), and November 6, 1959 (tracks 4, 8, 9 & 11)

Personnel

• Ray Bryant – piano
• Tommy Bryant – bass
• Oliver Jackson – drums

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/ray-bryant/catalog/#signature-lp-6008 Ray Bryant catalog
2. http://www.bsnpubs.com/new/signature.pdf The labels of Bob Thiele: Signature discography
3. https://enciclopediadeljazz.wordpress.com/2016/08/24/ray-bryant-discography/ Enciclopedia del Jazz Ray Bryant discography