All Artists: Ray Bryant Title: Montreux 77 Members Wishing: 0 Total Copies: 0 Label: Original Jazz Classics Original Release Date: 1/1/1977 Album Type: CD Genre: Jazz Style: Number of Discs: 1 SwapaCD Credits: 1 UPC: 025218037129 |
Ray Bryant Montreux 77 Genre: Jazz 1)Take The A Train2)Georgia On My Mind3)Jungle Town Jubilee4)If I could just Make It To Heaven5)Django and 5 more. |
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Product Description 1)Take The A Train2)Georgia On My Mind3)Jungle Town Jubilee4)If I could just Make It To Heaven5)Django and 5 more. Similar CDs
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CD ReviewsSuperb Ray Bryant - Live! Bomojaz | South Central PA, USA | 07/27/2006 (5 out of 5 stars) "Without a doubt Ray Bryant showed up at the 1977 Montreux festival ready to play - and to dazzle. What truly amazes one on this date is how Ray can take fairly common material and make it absolutely his own. SATIN DOLL, for example; it's been played a thousand times but Ray has found a way to present it differently: he does it as a hard-driving, up-tempo, in-your-face swinger - and it's wonderful. So too with John Lewis's dirge-like DJANGO: Ray does it anything but dirge-like but rather as an up-tempo burner accented with a pounding left hand. That forceful left hand is also in evidence on Strayhorn's TAKE THE A TRAIN, with the bass part coming across like something Pete Johnson or Albert Ammons might play. Amazing! JUNGLE TOWN JUBILEE is a sprightly tune written by Lloyd Glenn, a fun-spirited R&B trumpeter from the 40's and 50's, and Ray seems to be having a ball with it. IF I COULD JUST MAKE IT TO HEAVEN reveals gospel elements along with a sound similar to Roger Kellaway playing his ALL IN THE FAMILY theme - a unique performance. Ray plays the ST. LOUIS BLUES at times as if it were a train piece and he was a barreling locomotive. If jazz is the "sound of surprise," this album is a superb example of the music. I think it one of Bryant's very best. Grab it if you can." Fine playing Emily Plath | CA USA | 09/30/2008 (5 out of 5 stars) "I only recently discovered Ray Bryant's talent and I absolutely love his solo work. There are some terrific songs on this album and there's nothing like a piano player of his caliber playing a live show. It's definitely worth owning!"
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