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28/05/2012

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Ray Bryant

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Duration: 1 hour

Pianist Ray Bryant is one of the most versatile musicians in jazz. He joins Alyn Shipton to look at the recorded highlights of a career that covers work with Max Roach, Art Blakey, Dizzy Gillespie and Coleman Hawkins among others, as well as his own solo and trio projects.

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  • Artist Image for Ray Bryant

    Ray Bryant Splittin’

    Composer: Bryant Performers: Ray Bryant, p; Ike Isaacs, b; Specs Wright, d.

    Ray Bryant Trio, Prestige, OJCCD 7932, tr 4

  • Artist Image for Miles Davis

    Miles Davis Bitty Ditty

    Composer: Thad Jones Performers: Miles Davis , tp; Jackie McLean, as; Milt Jackson, vib; Ray Bryant, p; Percy Heath, b; Art Taylor, d. Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, August 5, 1955.

    Miles Davis and Milt Jackson Quintet, Prestige, OJCD 012-2, tr 2

  • Artist Image for Carmen McRae

    Carmen McRae I’m Through With Love

    Composer: Malneck / Livingston / Cohn Performers: Carmen McRae, v; Ray Bryant, p; Ike Isaacs, b; Specs Wright, d. 18 April 1957.

    Carmen McRae and Ray Bryant Complete Recordings, Gambit, 69204, tr 5

  • Artist Image for Ray Bryant

    Ray Bryant Bryant’s Folly

    Composer: Bryant Performers: Ray Bryant, p; Wendell Marshall, b; Philly Joe Jones, d. 1 June 1955.

    Meet Betty Carter and Ray Bryant, Columbia, 4850992, tr 18

  • Artist Image for Max Roach

    Max Roach Ezzthetic

    Composer: Russell Performers: Kenny Dorham, tp; Sonny Rollins, ts; Ray Bryant, p; George Morrow, b; Max Roach, d. NYC, September 17, 1956.

    Max Roach + 4, Emarcy, 822673-2, tr 1

  • Artist Image for The Art Blakey Percussion Ensemble

    The Art Blakey Percussion Ensemble Cubano Chant

    Composer: Bryant Performers: Ray Bryant, p; Oscar Pettiford, b, cello; Art Blakey, Jo Jones, d; Charles "Specs" Wright, d, timp, gong; Candido, "Sabu" Martinez, bgo. NYC, February 22, 1957.

    Drum Suite, Columbia, Legacy 77631, tr 2

  • Artist Image for Dizzy Gillespie with Sonny Rollins and Sonny Stitt

    Dizzy Gillespie with Sonny Rollins and Sonny Stitt The Eternal Triangle

    Composer: Stitt Performers: Dizzy Gillespie, vocs, t; Sonny Rollins, Sonny Stitt, ts; Ray Bryant, p; Tommy Bryant, b; Charlie Persip, d. December 19, 1957.

    Sonny Side Up, Verve, 8256742

  • Artist Image for Ray Bryant

    Ray Bryant Me and the Blues

    Composer: Bryant Performers: Ray Bryant , p. 19 Dec 1958.

    Alone with the Blues, Original Jazz Classics, 249, tr 1

  • Artist Image for Coleman Hawkins

    Coleman Hawkins Greensleeves

    Composer: trad. Performers: Coleman Hawkins, ts; Ray Bryant, p; Kenny Burrell, g; Wendell Marshall, b; Osie Johnson, d. 7 Nov 1958.

    Soul, Original Jazz Classics /Prestige, 0962, tr 4

  • Artist Image for Charlie Shavers

    Charlie Shavers Alexander’s Ragtime Band

    Composer: Berlin Performers: Charlie Shavers, t; Ray Bryant p; Tommy Bryant, b; Oliver Jackson, d. 1959.

    Charlie Shavers Ray Bryant Quartet Complete Recordings Vol 1, Lonehill, 10182, tr 13

  • Artist Image for Ray Bryant

    Ray Bryant Little Susie

    Composer: Bryant Performers: Ray Bryant, p, 1972.

    Alone at Montreux, Atlantic, 1626, tr 8

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