Ray Bryant Discography - session index

1945 (The age of 14)

• Jimmy Johnson Big Band  Philadelphia, PA, middle 1945

1949 (The age of 18)

• J.B. Summers w/ Tiny Grimes Rocking Highlanders  Philadelphia, PA, Aug. 30, 1949

1955 (The age of 24)

• Toots Thielemans 4  NYC, Jan. 26 & 27, 1955
• Betty Carter  NYC, May 13 & 16, 1955
• Ray Bryant 3  NYC, June 1, 1955
• Ray Bryant 3  NYC, July 1, 1955
• Miles Davis 6  RVG, Hackensack, NJ, Aug. 5, 1955
• Sonny Rollins 4  RVG, Hackensack, NJ, Dec. 2, 1955

1956 (The age of 25)

• Ray Bryant 3  NYC, Apr. 3, 1956
• Joe "Bebop" Carroll  NYC, Apr. 6, 1956
• Joe "Bebop" Carroll  NYC, May 1, 1956
• Ray Bryant 4  NYC, May 3, 1956
• Ray Bryant 3  NYC, May 11, 1956
• Max Roach 5  NYC, Sep. 17, 1956
• Max Roach 5  NYC, Sep. 19, 1956
• Max Roach 5  broadcast, Bandstand USA, Cafe Bohemia, NYC, Oct. 10, 1956
• Max Roach 5  broadcast, Bandstand USA, Cafe Bohemia, NYC, Dec. 12, 1956
• Ray Bryant's Music Minus One  NYC, 1956

1957

• Art Blakey & JM  NYC, Feb. 22, 1957
• Art Taylor 6  RVG, Hackensack, NJ, Feb. 25, 1957
• Carmen McRae  NYC, Mar. 6, 1957
• Art Blakey Percussion Ensemble  Manhattan Towers, NYC, Mar. 7, 1957
• Ray Bryant 3  RVG, Hackensack, NJ, Apr. 5, 1957
• Clifford Jordan 7  RVG, Hackensack, NJ, June 2, 1957
• Carmen McRae  NYC, June 18-20, 1957
• Coleman Hawkins - Roy Eldridge - Pete Brown - Jo Jones All Stars  Newport Jazz Fest., Newport, RI, evening, July 5, 1957
• Lee Morgan 6  RVG, Hackensack, NJ, Aug. 25, 1957
• Dizzy Gillespie w/ Sonny Stitt & Sonny Rollins  NYC, Dec. 11, 1957
• Dizzy Gillespie 8  NYC, Dec. 17, 1957
• Dizzy Gillespie w/ Sonny Stitt & Sonny Rollins  NYC, Dec. 19, 1957

1958

• Budd Johnson 6  NYC, Feb. 14, 1958
• Tiny Grimes - Coleman Hawkins 6  RVG, Hackensack, NJ, Feb. 28, 1958
• Hank Mobley 7  Birdland, NYC, Apr. 21, 1958
• Jo Jones 3  NYC, Apr. 30, 1958
• Tiny Grimes - J.C. Higginbotham 6  RVG, Hackensack, NJ, July 18, 1958
• Mae Barnes w/ Buck Clayton 4  NYC, Aug. 26, 1958
• The Prestige Blues-Swingers  RVG, Hackensack, NJ, Aug. 29, 1958
• Coleman Hawkins 5  RVG, Hackensack, NJ, Nov. 7, 1958
• Art Blakey Percussion Ensemble  Manhattan Towers, NYC, Nov. 9, 1958
• Benny Golson & The Philadelphians  Nola's Penthouse Sound Studios, NYC, Nov. 17, 1958
• Ray Bryant 1  RVG, Hackensack, NJ, Dec. 19, 1958
• Aaron Bell 6  prob. NYC, 1958
• Charlie Shavers 4  NYC, 1958-1959

1959

• The Prestige Blues-Swingers  RVG, Hackensack, NJ, Feb. 5, 1959
• Hal Singer 5  RVG, Hackensack, NJ, Feb. 20, 1959
• Ray Bryant 6  NYC, Mar. 16, 1959
• Jo Jones 3  NYC, Mar., 1959
• Coleman Hawkins 6  RVG, Hackensack, NJ, Apr. 3, 1959
• Arnett Cobb 5  RVG, Hackensack, NJ, May 14, 1959
• Benny Golson 5  RVG, Hackensack, NJ, June 20, 1959
• Tiny Grimes 5  RVG, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Aug. 13, 1959
• Benny Golson 5  RVG, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Aug. 28, 1959
• Ray Bryant 3  NYC, Sep. 21, 1959
• Max Roach 6  Universal Recorders, Chicago, IL, Oct. 9 & 10, 1959
• Charlie Shavers 4  NYC, Oct. 10, 1959
• Ray Bryant 3  NYC, Oct. 29, 1959
• Oliver Nelson 5  RVG, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Oct. 30, 1959
• Ray Bryant 3  NYC, Nov. 5, 1959
• Ray Bryant 3  NYC, Nov. 6, 1959
• Ray Bryant 3  NYC, Dec. 10, 1959
• Toots Thielemans 4  NYC, 1959
• Aaron Bell 6  prob. NYC, 1959

1960

• Ray Bryant 3  NYC, Jan. 19, 1960
• Charlie Shavers 4  NYC, Feb., 1960
• Ray Bryant 6  NYC, Mar. 27, 1960
• Ray Bryant 6  NYC, July 12, 1960
• Charlie Shavers 4  NYC, July, 1960
• Aretha Franklin  NYC, Aug. 1, 1960
• Charlie Shavers 4  NYC, Oct.-Nov., 1960
• Aretha Franklin  NYC, Nov. 17, 1960
• Ray Bryant 3  NYC, Nov. 25, 1960
• Aretha Franklin  NYC, Dec. 19, 1960
• Ray Bryant 6  NYC, Dec. 27, 1960
• Aaron Bell 6  prob. NYC, 1960

1961 (The age of 30)

• Ray Bryant 3  NYC, Jan. 26, 1961
• Ray Bryant 7  NYC, Oct. 23, 1961
• Ray Bryant 7  NYC, Oct. 26, 1961
• Charlie Shavers 4  NYC, 1961

1962

• Roy Eldridge 6  NYC, Feb. 1 & 2, 1962
• Ray Bryant w/ Richard Wess Orch.  Hollywood, CA, Mar. 27, 1962
• Ray Bryant w/ Richard Wess Orch.  Hollywood, CA, Mar. 30, 1962
• Ray Bryant w/ Richard Wess Orch.  Hollywood, CA, Apr. 10, 1962
• Herb Ellis 4  NYC, June 12, 1962
• Herb Ellis 6  NYC, June 13, 1962

1963

• Ray Bryant 4  NYC, May 22, 1963
• Herb Ellis 6  NYC, June 4, 1963
• Ray Bryant 3  NYC, June 14, 1963
• Ray Bryant 3  NYC, June 19, 1963
• Clark Terry 8  NYC, 1963

1964

• Pat Bowie  RVG, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Oct. 23, 1964
• Pat Bowie  RVG, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Oct. 26, 1964
• Pat Bowie  RVG, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Oct. 27, 1964
• Ray Bryant 3  Basin Street Club, NYC, 1964
• Ray Bryant 3  NYC, 1964

1965

• Sonny Rollins 4  RVG, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, July 8, 1965
• Ray Bryant, a.o.  Nov. 15, 1965

1966 (The age of 35)

• Ray Bryant 5  NYC, Feb. 17, 1966
• Ray Bryant 3  NYC, Feb. 18, 1966
• Ray Bryant 5  NYC, Sep. 1, 1966
• Ray Bryant 5  NYC, Sep. 8, 1966
• Ray Bryant 5  NYC, Dec. 8, 1966

1967

• Ray Bryant 3  Memory Lane, LA, May 19 & 20, 1967
• Ray Bryant w/ Richard Evans' Orch.  Chicago, IL, Aug. 16, 1967
• Ray Bryant w/ Richard Evans' Orch.  Chicago, IL, Nov. 20, 1967?
• Ray Bryant w/ Richard Evans' Orch.  Chicago, IL, Nov. 20, 1967

1968

• Ray Bryant 5  NYC, Sep., 1968

1969

• Ray Bryant 3  Chicago, IL, June 26, 1969
• Ray Bryant 3  Chicago, IL, June 27, 1969

1970

• Ray Bryant 3 + Overdubs  NYC, Mar. 4, 1970
• Ray Bryant 3  NYC, Mar. 5, 1970
• Ray Bryant 3 + Overdubs  NYC, Mar. 18, 1970
• Ray Bryant 3 + Overdubs  NYC, Apr. 14, 1970
• Marion Williams  Atlantic Studios, NYC, Nov. 2, 1970
• Marion Williams  Atlantic Studios, NYC, Nov. 3, 1970

1971 (The age of 40)

• Yusef Lateef 8/3/2  NYC, Sep. 1, 1971
• Yusef Lateef 8  NYC, Sep. 2, 1971

1972

• Ray Bryant 4  NYC, Jan. 24, 1972
• Ray Bryant 4  NYC, Jan. 25, 1972
• Ray Bryant 6  NYC, Jan. 26, 1972
• Ray Bryant 1  Montreux Jazz Fest., Casino De Montreux, Switzerland, June 23, 1972
• Yusef Lateef 7/5/4  NYC, Sep. 26, 1972

1974

• Ray Bryant 5 w/ Charles Stepney's Orch.  NYC, 1974
• Ray Bryant 6  same location, date

1975

• Roy Eldridge 7  Antibes, France, July 20, 1975
• Ray Bryant 3  NYC, Oct. 15, 1975

1976 (The age of 45)

• Zoot Sims 4  NYC, Jan. 8 & 9, 1976
• Ray Bryant 3  NYC, Jan. 10 & 12, 1976
• Benny Carter 6  NYC, Nov. 30, 1976
• Ray Bryant 1  NYC, Dec. 21, 1976

1977

• Ray Bryant 1  Montreux Jazz Fest., Casino De Montreux, Switzerland, July 13, 1977
• Benny Carter 4  same location, date

1978

• Ray Bryant 3  NYC, Apr. 10, 1978
• Arnett Cobb & The Muse All Stars  Sandy's Jazz Revival, Beverly, MA, Aug. 25 & 26, 1978
• Buddy Tate & The Muse All Stars  same location, date
• Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson & The Muse All Stars  same location, date
• Arnett Cobb & The Muse All Stars  same location, date
• Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson & The Muse All Stars  same location, date
• Buddy Tate & The Muse All Stars  same location, date

1979

• Benny Carter 10  Tokyo, Japan, June 2, 1979

1980

• Ray Bryant 3  NYC, May 13 & 14, 1980

1986 (The age of 55)

• Akira Ohmori 4  Tokyo, Japan, Oct. 8 & 9, 1986

1987

• Ray Bryant 3  Clinton Recording Studios, NYC, Feb. 13 & 14, 1987
• Ray Bryant 1  Clinton Recording Studios, NYC, Feb. 15, 1987
• Ray Bryant 3  Clinton Recording Studios, NYC, Feb. 15 & 16, 1987

1988

• Ray Bryant 3  Power Station, NYC, Jan. 23 & 24, 1988
• Ray Bryant 3  NYC, Jan. 26, 1988
• Ray Bryant 3  NYC, Jan. 29 or 30, 1988
• Ray Bryant 3  Power Station, NYC, June 26, 1988

1989

• Ray Bryant 3  Iruma Municipal Hall, Japan, Oct. 19 & 20, 1989

1990

• Ray Bryant 1  NYC, May 31, 1990

1991 (The age of 60)

• Ray Bryant 1  Boswil, Switzerland, Mar. 27, 1991

1992

• Ray Bryant 3  NYC, Mar. 31, Apr. 1 & 3, 1992

1993

• Ray Bryant 1  France, 1993

1994

• Ray Bryant 4  NYC, Feb. 25 & 26, 1994
• Ray Bryant 1  Boswil, Switzerland, Mar. 27, 1994
• Ray Bryant 3  NYC, Nov. 23, 24 & 26, 1994

1995

• Ray Bryant 1  TUC, Tokyo, Japan, Oct. 18, 1995

1997 (The age of 66)

• Ray Bryant 3  Montreal Jazz Bistro, Toronto, Canada, Jan., 1997
• Ray Bryant 3  NYC, June 26 & 27, 1997

Others

• The Best Of Zoot Sims  unknown location, date