Ray Bryant Trio - Ray Bryant Trio (1956) [2014 Japan Jazz Collection 1000] CD-Rip

Reissue with latest remastering. Comes with liner notes. The first full album from the great Ray Bryant – recorded shortly after his famous Epic Records session with Betty Carter! The album's got Ray grooving in a hard early soul jazz mode – working in a trio with either Kenny Clarke or Osie Johnson on drums, and Wyatt Reuther on bass – at a level that still shows some influence from other pianists, but already with that unique hard-left style that would make Bryant a big favorite in short years to come. Candido joins in on congas on 2 of the album's best tracks – a hard grooving take on "Night In Tunisia", plus Ray's classic "Cubano Chant", a dancing Latin groover that went onto become an oft-recorded Latin Jazz standard – and other titles include "Pawn Ticket", "Philadelphia Bound", and "Off Shore".


Tracks:

01 - Cubano Chant
02 - Off Shore
03 - Well, You Needn't
04 - Cry Me A River
05 - In A Mellow Tone
06 - You're My Thrill
07 - Night In Tunisia
08 - Goodbye
09 - Philadelphia Bound
10 - Pawn Ticket
11 - The Breeze And I
12 - It's A Pity To Say Goodnight

Personnel:

Ray Bryant - piano
Wyatt Reuther - bass
Kenny Clarke - drums
Joe Jones - drums
Candido - percussion
Osie Johnson - drums