Ray Bryant – Biography, Discography & Instruments

Biography

Ray Bryant was a jazz musician who played piano. Ray Bryant was born on 24 December 1931 in Philadelphia and died on 2 June 2011 in New York City. The music is usually filed under jazz. Record labels: Columbia Records. The discography here lists 29 albums, from “Alone With the Blues” (1959) to “Little Susie” (2014).

Raphael Homer "Ray" Bryant (December 24, 1931 – June 2, 2011) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger.

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Discography

Studio and live albums

Alone With the Blues 1959 · Original Jazz Classics Ray Bryant Plays 1960 · Signature Records Hollywood Jazz Beat 1962 · Columbia Groove House 1963 · Sue Records Lonesome Traveler 1966 · Cadet Records Slow Freight 1967 · Cadet Records Take a Bryant Step 1967 · Cadet Records The Ray Bryant Touch 1967 Up Above the Rock 1968 · Cadet Records Sound Ray 1969 · Cadet Records MCMLXX 1970 · Atlantic Alone at Montreux 1972 · Live · Atlantic In the Cut 1974 · Cadet Records Here's Ray Bryant 1976 · Pablo Hot Turkey 1982 · Armando Curcio Editore Con Alma 1988 · Columbia Golden Earrings 1988 · EmArcy Plays Basie & Ellington 1988 · EmArcy All Mine and Yours 1989 · EmArcy

Montreux '77 1989 · Live

Plays Blues and Ballads 1991 Through the Years 1992 · EmArcy

Live At Basin Street East 1996 · Live

Solo Flight 1996 · Original Jazz Classics

Somewhere in France 2000 · Live

In the Back Room 2008 Godfather 2011 · M&I Music Cold Turkey 2012 · Parlophone Little Susie 2014 · Sony Records International

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Albums where Ray Bryant is credited as a sideman

1955	Miles Davis and Milt Jackson Quintet / Sextet — Miles Davis and Milt Jackson	piano
1956	Work Time — Sonny Rollins	piano
1956	Max Roach + 4 — Max Roach	piano
1956	Blue Moon — Carmen McRae	piano
1957	Jazz in ¾ Time — Max Roach	piano
1957	Orgy in Rhythm, Volume Two — Art Blakey	piano
1957	Orgy in Rhythm, Volume One — Art Blakey	piano
1957	After Glow — Carmen McRae	piano
1957	City Lights — Lee Morgan	piano
1957	Cliff Jordan — Clifford Jordan	piano
1957	Taylor's Wailers — Art Taylor	piano
1958	Duets — Dizzy Gillespie with Sonny Rollins and Sonny Stitt	piano
1958	Holiday for Skins, Volume 1 — Art Blakey	piano
1958	Holiday for Skins, Volume 2 — Art Blakey	piano
1958	Soul — Coleman Hawkins	piano
1958	Blues Groove — Tiny Grimes with Coleman Hawkins	piano
1958	Callin' the Blues — Tiny Grimes & J.C. Higginbotham	piano
1958	Monday Night at Birdland — Hank Mobley, Bill Root, Curtis Fuller, Lee Morgan	piano
1959	Sonny Side Up — Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Stitt & Sonny Rollins	piano
1959	Groovin' With Golson — Benny Golson	piano
1959	Jo Jones Trio — Jo Jones Trio	piano
1959	Meet Oliver Nelson — Oliver Nelson with Kenny Dorham & Ray Bryant	piano
1959	Party Time — Arnett Cobb	piano
1960	Gone With Golson — Benny Golson	piano
1961	Stasch — The Prestige Blues-Swingers Featuring: Coleman Hawkins	piano
1964	Tread Ye Lightly — Clark Terry	piano
1965	Sonny Rollins on impulse! — Sonny Rollins	piano
1965	Guitar Soul — Kenny Burrell / Bill Jennings / Tiny Grimes	piano
1972	The Gentle Giant — Yusef Lateef	piano
1973	Hush 'n' Thunder — Yusef Lateef	piano

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Frequently asked questions

What instrument did Ray Bryant play?

Ray Bryant is known for playing piano.

When and where was Ray Bryant born?

Ray Bryant was born 24 December 1931 in Philadelphia.

What are Ray Bryant's best-known albums?

Albums in our database include Alone With the Blues (1959), Ray Bryant Plays (1960), Hollywood Jazz Beat (1962), Groove House (1963) and Lonesome Traveler (1966).

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