MCMLXX (album)

MCMLXX is an album by American jazz pianist Ray Bryant released on the Atlantic label in 1970.[1]

MCMLXX
Studio album by
Released1970
RecordedMarch 4, 5 & 18 and April 14, 1970
Atlantic Studios in NYC
GenreJazz
Length34:09
LabelAtlantic
SD 1564
ProducerJoel Dorn
Ray Bryant chronology
Sound Ray
(1969)
MCMLXX
(1970)
Alone at Montreux
(1972)

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]

AllMusic awarded the album 3 stars with its review by Scott Yanow stating "The colorful results are not essential but are less dated than one might think".[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Ray Bryant except as indicated

  1. "Stick with It" - 5:51
  2. "Let It Be" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) - 4:01
  3. "Bridge over Troubled Water" (Paul Simon) - 3:20
  4. "Hey Jude" (Lennon, McCartney) - 4:50
  5. "Shake-a-Lady" - 2:38
  6. "Unchained Melody" (Alex North, Hy Zaret) - 4:45
  7. "My Cherie Amour" (Henry Cosby, Stevie Wonder, Sylvia Moy) - 4:56
  8. "Spinning Wheel" (David Clayton-Thomas) - 3:39

Recorded at Atlantic Studios on March 4 (tracks 4 & 8), March 5 (track 7), March 18 (tracks 1, 5 & 6) and April 14 (tracks 2 & 3), 1970

Personnel

References

  1. Atlantic Records Catalog: 1500 series accessed September 24, 2015
  2. Yanow, Scott. MCMLXX – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
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