Ray Bryant Plays is an album recorded by American jazz pianist Ray Bryant recorded in 1959 for the Signature label.
Reception
Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars calling it "a strong sampling of Ray Bryant's accessible playing during his early period".
Track listing
- "Delauney's Dilemma" (John Lewis) â 2:35
- "Blue Monk" (Thelonious Monk) â 5:00
- "Misty" (Erroll Garner) â 2:59
- "Sneaking Around" (Ray Bryant) â 3:46
- "Now's the Time" (Charlie Parker) â 4:00
- "Wheatleigh Hall" (Dizzy Gillespie) â 3:55
- "Doodlin'" (Horace Silver) â 4:05
- "A Hundred Dreams from Now" (Duke Ellington) â 3:20
- "Bags' Groove" (Milt Jackson) â 5:34
- "Walkin'" (Richard Carpenter) â 3:08
- "Take the "A" Train" (Billy Strayhorn) â 3:50
- "Whisper Not" (Benny Golson) â 3:35
- Recorded in NYC on October 29 (tracks 1 & 5âÂÂ7), November 5, (tracks 2, 3, 10 & 12), and November 6, 1959 (tracks 4, 8, 9 & 11)
Personnel
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