MCMLXX (album)

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MCMLXX
MCMLXX.jpg
Studio album by
Released1970
RecordedMarch 4, 5 & 18 and April 14, 1970
Atlantic Studios in NYC
Genre Jazz
Length34:09
Label Atlantic
SD 1564
Producer Joel Dorn
Ray Bryant chronology
Sound Ray
(1969)
MCMLXX
(1970)
Alone at Montreux
(1972)

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

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
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AllMusic reviewer Scott Yanow stated: "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

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References

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