MCMLXX (album)

MCMLXX
Studio album by Ray Bryant
Released	1970
Recorded	March 4–5 & 18 and April 14, 1970
Studio	Atlantic Studios in NYC
Genre	Jazz
Length	34:09
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]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]

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

• Ray Bryant - piano
• Chuck Rainey - electric bass
• Jimmy Johnson - drums
• Joe Newman - trumpet (track 2)
• Garnett Brown - trombone (track 2)
• George Dorsey - alto saxophone (track 2)
• King Curtis (track 2), Joe Gentle (tracks 1, 3 & 4) - tenor saxophone
• Leon Cohen - bass clarinet (tracks 1, 3 & 4)
• Pepper Adams - baritone saxophone (track 2)
• Emanuel Green, Gene Orloff, Joseph Malignaggi, Julien Barber, Matthew Raimondi, Noel Dacosta, Paul Gershman, Selwart Clarke, Winston Collymore - violin (tracks 1, 3 & 4)
• Charles McCracken - cello (tracks 1, 3 & 4)
• Ron Carter - acoustic bass (tracks 1, 3 & 4)
• Eumir Deodato (tracks 1, 3 & 4), Arif Mardin (track 2) - arranger

References

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