[78-L] Ray Bryant, RIP

[Taylor Bowie]

I would tend to agree with Warren.  My remark about Marie and Ray was do to 
some sort of brain fart,  and I was happy that I was quickly corrected,  and 
posted to that effect as well.

I doubt we will see my error repeated elsewhere!


Taylor



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "warren moorman" <wlmoorman3 at yahoo.com>
To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Sent: Friday, June 03, 2011 8:25 AM
Subject: Re: [78-L] Ray Bryant, RIP


> Julian, you corrected Taylor quickly, and Cary was just adding a casual 
> memory, but on the Gotham recordings of Tiny Grimes' band: they WERE in 
> fact contracted by Grimes as leader, per AFM session rules. That any sides 
> were actually issued under other names (as the Summers and Jay Hawkins 
> were) doesn't change that. Most Gotham label session details are sketchy, 
> and there was once debate about whether Freddie Redd played on all the 
> Gotham sessions, but it has been generally settled that Ray played on at 
> least some of the sessions around 1949-50. I believe the only still living 
> member of that band is Herb Gordy, but he's in the  U.S. Pacific time 
> zone, so ask him later.
>
> To say that a couple of casual posts on this list can create myths is to 
> claim too great an impact for a venue that, for all its' usefulness, at 
> times is little more than an adult-sitting service for shellac interested 
> shut-ins. (ever seen what happens when there are simply no posts for more 
> than a few hours?) A Cyber-tether, if you will. Even the 'net takes more 
> than that to create lasting myths.
>
> Warren
>
>
> --- On Fri, 6/3/11, Julian Vein <julianvein at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> So far this list has created two-and-a-half myths about Ray
>> Bryant.
>>
>> !. He was the brother of Marie Bryant.
>> 2. He recorded "After Hours" with Buck Clayton!
>> 3. He did record with Tiny Grimes in 1949, but that was a
>> session under
>> singer J.B. Summers's leadership, although the it has been
>> reissued
>> under Grimes's name.
>
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