Recorded on January 10 and 12, 1976
Bryant hit a purple patch when he started recording for Pablo in the mid-70s. Appropriately enough, the first of them was Here's Ray Bryant. But the others are fine examples of his art too.
Bryant's Pablo run also included:
• Montreux '77 (solo, 1977)
• Solo Flight (solo, 1977)
• All Blues (trio, 1978)
• Potpourri (trio, 1981)
All of them are rippling with joy and soul.
Agreed. Pablo recordings are easy to overlook because there are so many of them and usually they're not reissued because there are so many used copies floating around. Of course, this means you can have a pretty full Ray Bryant library at low cost. He's a great example of a "traditional" pianist preserving classic styles during the 1970s.
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