| LC control no. | nr 90010333 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Bryant, Ray, 1931-2011 |
| Variant(s) | Bryant, Raphael, 1931-2011 |
| See also | Corporate body: Dizzy Gillespie Octet |
| Biography/History note | Individual was an American Jazz Hall of Fame inductee. |
| Birth date | 1931-12-24 |
| Death date | 2011-06-02 |
| Place of birth | Philadelphia (Pa.) |
| Place of death | New York (N.Y.) |
| Field of activity | Jazz |
| Affiliation | Ray Bryant Trio Columbia Records, Inc. Montreux Jazz Festival |
| Profession or occupation | Pianists Composers |
| Found in | Rollins, S. On impulse [SR] c1986: insert (Ray Bryant, piano) New Grove dict. of jazz (Bryant, Ray [Raphael], b. Philadelphia, 12-24-1931; pianist & composer, brother of Tommy Bryant) New York times WWW site, June 6, 2011 (in obituary published June 3: Ray Bryant; b. Raphael Homer Bryant, Dec. 24, 1931, Philadelphia; d. Thursday [June 2, 2011], New York Hospital Queens, aged 79; jazz pianist whose sensitivity and easy authority made him a busy accompanist and a successful solo artist, beginning in the mid-1950s) African American National Biography, accessed July 06, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Bryant, Ray; Raphael Homer Bryant; pianist; born 24 December 1931 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States; graduated from Central High School; toured with the guitarist Tiny Grimes (1948-1949); the house pianist at one of the most famous modern jazz clubs in the country, the Blue Note (1953-1956); accompanied the singer Carmen McRae and recorded two albums with the drummer Specs Wright and the bassist Ike Isaacs (1956-1957); first record as a leader with his Ray Bryant Trio, for Prestige (1957); the composition "Little Susie" became a hit (1960); accompanied Aretha Franklin on her first album for Columbia Records (1960); appeared and recorded at festivals around the world, including the Montreux Jazz Festival, the Montreal Jazz Fest, the JVC festival, and a Solo Live in Tokyo (1995); was inducted into the American Jazz Hall of Fame (1999); died 02 June 2011 in New York) |
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