Ray Bryant Plays

Ray Bryant Plays
Studio album by
Ray Bryant
Released1960
RecordedOctober 29 and November 5–6, 1959
StudioNew York City
GenreJazz
Length45:47
LabelSignature
SM/SS 6008
ProducerBob Thiele
Ray Bryant chronology
Alone with the Blues
(1958) 		Ray Bryant Plays
(1960) 		Little Susie
(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

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[4]

Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars calling it "a strong sampling of Ray Bryant's accessible playing during his early period".[4]

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

References

  1. ^ Ray Bryant catalog accessed April 26, 2017
  2. ^ The labels of Bob Thiele: Signature discography, accessed April 26, 2017
  3. ^ Enciclopedia del Jazz Ray Bryant discography, accessed April 26, 2017
  4. ^ a b Yanow, Scott. Now's the Time – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved April 25, 2017.