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RAY BRYANT

kennykenny 1,024 Posts
edited October 2007 in Strut Central
what are some of your favourite Ray Bryant joints ?I have a feeling that "Up Above the Rock" isn't even close to his best? eventhough that one is a killer also.

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  • pickwick33pickwick33 8,946 Posts

    what are some of your favourite Ray Bryant joints ?

    I have a feeling that "Up Above the Rock" isn't even close to his best? eventhough that one is a killer also.

    Just like the guy says on Bryant's biggest hit, "Madison Time"...HOLD IT RIGHT THERE!

    "Up Above The Rock" is a staple of my soul nights, and someone is usually asking me what the artist/title is. I cannot stop raving about "U.A.T.R.," it's just a well-done song.

    Other good Ray Bryant tracks:
    "Little Susie" (Part 2) (Columbia)
    "Madison Time" (Columbia) (featuring a voiceover from Eddie Morrison telling the audience how to do the Madison...heard in the movie Hairspray)
    "Monkey Business" (from his Cadet album Gotta Travel On)
  • motown67motown67 4,513 Posts
    Other songs of his I like:

    Fire Eater - Fire Eater LP

    Cold Duck Time & Soul Liberation - Soul Liberation LP

    Hump Bump - Until It's Time For You To Go LP

    Reviews of those albums and a couple others:

    http://www.soulstrut.com/reviews/list.php?category=Jazz&page=12
  • m_dejeanm_dejean Quadratisch. Praktisch. Gut. 2,946 Posts
    Other songs of his I like:

    Fire Eater - Fire Eater LP

    Cold Duck Time & Soul Liberation - Soul Liberation LP

    Hump Bump - Until It's Time For You To Go LP

    Reviews of those albums and a couple others:

    http://www.soulstrut.com/reviews/list.php?category=Jazz&page=12

    That's Rusty, not Ray
  • motown67motown67 4,513 Posts
    Other songs of his I like:

    Fire Eater - Fire Eater LP

    Cold Duck Time & Soul Liberation - Soul Liberation LP

    Hump Bump - Until It's Time For You To Go LP

    Reviews of those albums and a couple others:

    http://www.soulstrut.com/reviews/list.php?category=Jazz&page=12

    That's Rusty, not Ray

  • FatbackFatback 6,746 Posts

    what are some of your favourite Ray Bryant joints ?

    I have a feeling that "Up Above the Rock" isn't even close to his best? eventhough that one is a killer also.

    A huge discography!

    Sideman dates on lot of Prestige and related dates. Massive.

    As a leader, I like his stuff on Sue and Cadet, but you only need a couple of each. They get redundant. I also like the one Mizell Bros record he did.
  • Mike_BellMike_Bell 5,736 Posts
    Other songs of his I like:

    Fire Eater - Fire Eater LP

    Cold Duck Time & Soul Liberation - Soul Liberation LP

    Hump Bump - Until It's Time For You To Go LP

    Reviews of those albums and a couple others:

    http://www.soulstrut.com/reviews/list.php?category=Jazz&page=12

    That's Rusty, not Ray

    You mixed up your Bryants.

    I never heard Up Above The Rock 'cept for the Kool G. Rap sample
    but I do have the one w/the Roman numerals.
    Need to listen to it again when I get a chance but I remember it having
    one nice song on there.
  • Deejay_OMDeejay_OM 695 Posts
    Other songs of his I like:

    Fire Eater - Fire Eater LP

    Cold Duck Time & Soul Liberation - Soul Liberation LP

    Hump Bump - Until It's Time For You To Go LP

    Reviews of those albums and a couple others:

    http://www.soulstrut.com/reviews/list.php?category=Jazz&page=12

    That's Rusty, not Ray

    I was reading the titles...like...wtf? haha...I thought that was rusty...


    for me...up above the rock..is the pinnacle for bryant...just my opinion though...
  • CosmoCosmo 9,768 Posts
    He does a great song which (if my memory serves me correctly) is called "Andalusian Nights" or something to that effect. It's on the blue record with the artsy photo of the bridge.

    I actually could use a HIGH QUALITY version MP3 of "Up Above The Rock." The one I have is 128 and I don't feel like searching for the vinyl.
  • bassiebassie 11,710 Posts
  • ElectrodeElectrode Los Angeles 3,134 Posts
    "Sound Ray" is pretty cool. There's versions of "Song For My Father" and "Con Alma" and the title track knocks pretty hard. The green oscilloscope wave cover is one of my favorite covers, too
  • Deejay_OMDeejay_OM 695 Posts
    "Sound Ray" is pretty cool. There's versions of "Song For My Father" and "Con Alma" and the title track knocks pretty hard. The green oscilloscope wave cover is one of my favorite covers, too

    oh yeah! I forgot about this album....


    and I'm with cosmo...please to post a high quality mp3 of up above....plaese...
  • volumenvolumen 2,532 Posts
    I can't find it but htere is one fromt he 70's (I think) on blue note with a bridge on the cover that's a nice jazzy LP. Sorry so vague, I'm just now realizing my filing system is goofed!
  • CosmoCosmo 9,768 Posts
    I can't find it but htere is one fromt he 70's (I think) on blue note with a bridge on the cover that's a nice jazzy LP. Sorry so vague, I'm just now realizing my filing system is goofed!


    He does a great song which (if my memory serves me correctly) is called "Andalusian Nights" or something to that effect. It's on the blue record with the artsy photo of the bridge.

    I looked it up:
    * Ray Bryant - In The Cut (Cadet CA 50052) - 1974. Dope record, and yeah the song "Andalusian Nights" is the shit.
  • JoeMojoJoeMojo 720 Posts
    Yeah, this one:



    That's a slept-on track.
  • bottomfeederbottomfeeder 116 Posts
    definetly most slept on "Andalusian Nights"
  • CosmoCosmo 9,768 Posts
    definetly most slept on "Andalusian Nights"

    I gotta find that vinyl and rip that shit - I forgot what it sounds like but I remember it being DOOOOOPE.
  • peacefulrotationpeacefulrotation 3,481 Posts
    I picked this up on the cheap last week, very nice!

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