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Ray Bryant, R.I.P.

Jazz and Blues pianist Ray Bryant died on Thursday after a lengthy illness. He was 79.

My Dad had one album of his called Sound Ray which he played quite regularly when I was growing up. The album included a cover of Paul Simon's "Scarborough Fair." However, my favorite song on the album was the opening track "A Song For My Father." Unfortunately, I cannot find a link to it. So instead here's the title track.

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somnolence| 6.5.11 @ 11:03AM

Although he is probably best known among pop music audiophiles for "The Madison" (1960), my favorite recordings of his are "Minor March" (1955) with Miles Davis, "Be-Bop For An Irishman" (1959) with Jo Jones, "Little Susie", and "Moon Faced, Starry-Eyed" with his own combo (1960), and the whole "Lonesome Traveler" album from 1966. He was always a great proponent of the elements of gospel and blues, similar to Horace Silver , Hampton Hawes, and the sparsely recorded Carl Perkins. I'll be celebrating his life by playing some of his music for my personal enjoyment today. I feel a certain emptiness now with James Arness passing away and now Ray Bryant, but their art lives on as long as those of us who admired them wish it to be.

Michael L. Hauschild| 6.5.11 @ 10:51PM

http://www.jpost.com/NationalN.....?id=223728
Not justice yet, but a start.

Occam's Tool| 6.6.11 @ 9:39PM

Thanks, Mike. Beauty has gone out of the world, but we can at least be comforted somewhat with justice.

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