BLUE RAY SHINES
RAY BRYANT
JMood 041
Archival Recordings from 1985
Tracks:
1. Slow Freight (Bryant) 6:45
2. Jungle Town Jubilee (Bryant) 3:21
3. Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child (trad.) 4:58
4. Take The “A” Train (Strayhorn) 3:32
5. Blues N. 6 (Bryant) 6:14
6. Cubano Chant (Bryant) 2:58
7. Blue Monk (Monk) 4:46
8. Georgia On My Mind (Carmichael/Gorrell) 5:35
9. Love Dream-Liebestraum (Liszt) 3:24
10. Django (Lewis) 5:53
11. St. Louis Blues (W.C. Handy) 5:48
RAY BRYANT – piano
Recorded live at Mandracchio Club, Trieste, Italy, on 27th March, 1985
Recording and Mixing Engineer: Sergio Portaleoni
Courtesy of Circolo Triestino del Jazz
Cover by Abe Goldstien
About Blue Ray Shines
Being a working musician, I could not attend every concert that came to my hometown of Trieste, Italy. Unfortunately, I had a gig the night the great Ray Bryant showed up at the Mandracchio Club to perform for Circolo Triestino del Jazz. From what I heard, it was a very nice and successful concert. I finally had a chance to experience that evening when a 95-year-old friend of mine shared the recording that JMood Records is making available to you 41 years after Bryant’s performance in Trieste. Hope you enjoy it as well.
Roberto Magris