Ray Bryant – Up Above The Rock (1968 )

 

Ray Bryant – Up Above The Rock (1968 Jazz Album Review & Tracklist)

Cadet Records 1968  LPS 818

notes:

Released in 1968, Up Above The Rock is one of the most 

energetic recordings by American jazz pianist Ray Bryant,

 blending hard-bop piano with soulful grooves and strong

 rhythmic arrangements. The album was released on 

Cadet Records and recorded in New York with a powerful

 rhythm section 

including Ron Carter on bass and Grady Tate on drums.

Bryant’s playing on this album perfectly captures the

 transition between classic jazz piano and the 

emerging soul-jazz sound of the late 1960s.

credits:

Arranged By, Piano – Ray Bryant

Bass – Ron Carter

Drums – Grady Tate

Flugelhorn, Trumpet – Danny Moore, 

Dobbie Hiques, Snookie Young

Liner Notes – Bill Frangus

Producer – Richard Evans 

Supervised By – Dick LaPalm

  Recording 

September, 1968 RCA Recoring Studios, 

New York City

Recording Engineer Ray Hall

tracklist:

A1 Up Above The Rock

Written-By – Bryant*

2:59

A2 Dag Nab It

Written-By – Bryant*, Evans*

3:33

A3 Quizas, Quizas, Quizas

Written-By – Burke*, Farres*

3:18

A4 If I Were A Carpenter

Written-By – Tim Hardin

2:48

A5 Little Green Apples

Written-By – B. Russell*

3:21

B1 I Say A Little Prayer

Written-By – Bacharach & David*

4:45

B2 After Hours

Written-By – Parrish*, Feyne*, Bruce*

3:47

B3 Where The Wind Blows

Written-By – Bryant*

4:33

B4 Five, Six And Seven

Written-By – Howard Reynolds

3:20

B5 Mrs. Robinson

Written-By – Paul Simon

2:53

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