Ray Bryant

Con Alma + Little Sussie (FSRCD 657)

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Con Alma + Little Sussie

Ray Bryant

Fresh Sound Records

8427328606578

ABS 126560

FSRCD 657

JAZZ

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Con Alma + Little Sussie

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Ray Bryant (1931-2011) was a superb, consummately talented and thoroughly accomplished pianist whose talents were honed by performing in all kinds of places and situations with all kinds of players. Unusual for a pianist who emerged during the bop era, he had a two-handed, orchestral approach to the piano and his career soon reached one of its early peaks with “Con Alma,” a trio album that confirmed his all-round skills. On it, everything he does is pointed and considered: his solos have a sense of continuity and climax and, unlike many of his contemporaries he can and does use the full resources of the instrument.

It is paired with “Little Susie,” another delightful trio album, solidly in the best tradition of jazz piano at the time, swinging, melodic and filled with joie de vivre. There are undeniable influences in his work, particularly a more earthy Teddy Wilson, and a compendium of many major leaguers up to his contemporaries. But he was also recognisably his own man, with a touch that was more emphatic than the older pianists of his style, yet also more refined than younger exponents. Both albums catch the essence of what made Ray Bryant such an outstanding young jazz pianist.


PERSONNEL:


(1-7) from the Columbia album "Con Alma" (CS-8433)
(8)  is a bonus track unissued on the original LP.
RAY BRYANT, (p)
BILL LEE, (b on ##1-6),
ARTHUR HARPER,  (b on ##7-8),
and MICKEY ROKER,  (d).
Recorded in New York City, December 5 (##1-6), December 7 (##7-8), 1960.

(9-17)
from the Columbia album "Little Susie" (CS-8244).
RAY BRYANT, (p),
TOMMY BRYANT,  (b)
GUS JOHNSON, (d on ##9-12),
and EDDIE LOCKE,  (d on ##13-17).
Recorded in New York City, December 10 (##9-12), 1959, and January 19 (##13-17), 1960.

Tracks:

01. Con Alma (Gillespie-Fuller) 6:56
02. C Jam Blues (Ellington) 4:23
03. Nuts and Bolts (Bryant) 3:05
04. Cubano Chant (Bryant) 4:23
05. 'Round Midnight (Monk-hanighen-Williams) 3:52
06. Autumn Leaves (Kosma-Mercer) 5:23
07. Milestones (Davis) 4:11
08. Django (Lewis) 5:38 (*) Bonus Track
09. Little Susie (Bryant) 4:42
10. By Myself (Schwartz-Dietz) 3:19
11. Blues for Norine (Bryant) 4:34
12. Misty (Garner) 4:02
13. Moon-Faced, Starry-Eyed (Weill-Hughes) 3:24
14. Big Buddy (Bryant) 5:33
15. Willow Weep for Me (Ronell) 5:09
16. So In Love (Porter) 5:36
17. If I Can Just Make It (Bryant) 2:11

Total time: 77:00 min. aprox.

Stereo 24-Bit Digitally Remastered