The Ray Bryant Trio - Little Susie (1960) [2014 Japan Jazz Collection 1000] CD-Rip

Reissue with the latest remastering. Comes with liner notes. Hard-hitting trio work from Ray – one of his early albums for Columbia, and the record that gave him a surprisingly big hit! "Little Susie" is one of those early 60s soul jazz standards, the kind of catchy tune that got played all over the place on radio, and which forever put the artist at the top of the list for recording dates and live sets for a few years. Ray's riding high here – with a trio that features brother Tommy Bryant on bass, and either Eddie Locke or Gus Johnson on drums – and the album's got lots of other short tracks with a similar down-home soul jazz kind of approach. Titles include "Blues For Norrie", "Big Buddy", "Greensleeves", and "If I Can Just Make It".


Tracks:

01 - Little Susie
02 - By Myself
03 - Blues For Norine
04 - Moon-Faced, Starry-Eyed
05 - Big Buddy
06 - Willow Weep For Me
07 - Greensleeves
08 - So In Love
09 - If I Can Just Make It
10 - Misty

Personnel:

Ray Bryant - piano
Tom Bryant - bass
Eddie Locke - drums (# 4-9)
Oliver Jackson - drums (# 1-3, 10)

# 1-3, 10
(Columbia CL 1449) New York, 10-12-59
# 4-9
(Columbia CL 1449) New York, 19-1-60