Alone at Montreux

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Alone at Montreux
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Live album by
Released1972
RecordedJune 23, 1972
Venue Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland
Genre Jazz
Length44:01
Label Atlantic
SD 1626
Producer Joel Dorn
Ray Bryant chronology
MCMLXX
(1970)
Alone at Montreux
(1972)
In the Cut
(1974)

Alone at Montreux is a live solo album by American jazz pianist Ray Bryant recorded at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1972 and released on the Atlantic label. [1] In a 2016 interview with music journalist Bill King, Bryant stated "I do a lot of solo piano now. I really got into it in 1972 when I was called to play at Montreux Jazz Festival. It was my first time doing a live solo concert and it came off great.". [2]

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Reception

Professional ratings
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AllMusic awarded the album 4 stars with its review by Scott Yanow stating "This solo outing finds Bryant playing swing standards, blues, soulful versions of a couple of current pop tunes and even a bit of boogie". [3]

Track listing

All compositions by Ray Bryant except as indicated

  1. "Gotta Travel On" (Paul Clayton, Larry Ehrlich, David Lazar, Tom Six) - 4:45
  2. "Blues #3/Willow Weep for Me" (Ray Bryant/Ann Ronell) - 6:40
  3. "Cubano Chant" - 4:35
  4. "Rockin' Chair" (Hoagy Carmichael) - 4:32
  5. "After Hours" (Avery Parrish) - 3:28
  6. "Slow Freight" - 5:08
  7. "Greensleeves" (Traditional) - 2:00
  8. "Little Suzie" - 2:30
  9. "Until It's Time for You to Go" (Buffy Sainte-Marie) - 3:23
  10. "Blues #2" - 3:30
  11. "Liebestraum Boogie" (Traditional) - 3:30

Personnel

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References

  1. Atlantic Records Catalog: 1600 series accessed September 24, 2015
  2. King, Bill. "A Conversation With... Ray Bryant". FYI Music News. FYI Music News. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  3. 1 2 Yanow, Scott. Alone at Montreux – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved September 24, 2015.