Ray Bryant was a wonderfully understated pianist whose deep love of the blues allowed him to coax and caress any standard. This quintessential “after-hours” pianist — besides blues, he was well-versed in stride, swing, bop, and gospel — often found himself in the company of such like-minded luminaries as Coleman Hawkins, Tiny Grimes, Charlie Shavers, and Curtis Fuller. Bryant is still active and recording. Jazz Lives has a review of his latest.
All tracks: Columbia Records, 1960
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Tagged: curtis fuller, coleman hawkins, columbia records, tiny grimes, ray bryant, charlie shavers
Categories: Jazz · Music · jazz reviews
Tagged: bud powell, cannonball adderley, columbia records, don byas, eddie "lockjaw" davis, idrees sulieman, j.c. higgenbotham, kenny clarke, osie johnson, pierre michelot, prestige records, ray bryant, tiny grimes, wendell marshall
Coleman Hawkins – Tenor Sax
Django Reinhardt – Guitar
Stephan Grappelli – Piano
78 recording on RCA Victor, 1935
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Tagged: coleman hawkins, django reinhardt, stephan grappelli
Tiny Grimes, tenor guitar; Wilbur “Red” Prysock, tenor sax; Jimmy Saunders, piano; Charlie “Ike” Issacs, bass; Sonny Payne, drums
78 issue on Atlantic Records, 1950.
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Tagged: atlantic records, tiny grimes
Duke Ellington live at The Whitney Museum of Modern Art: April, 1972.
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Tagged: duke ellington, impulse! records
