Hollywood Jazz Beat

Hollywood Jazz Beat is an album by pianist Ray Bryant, performing orchestral versions of motion picture themes. It was released by Columbia Records in 1962.[1][2][3]

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Hollywood Jazz Beat
Studio album by Ray Bryant
Released	June 1962
Recorded	March 27 & 30 and April 10, 1962
Studio	Hollywood, CA
Genre	Jazz
Label	Columbia CL-1867/CS-8667
Producer	John Hammond
Ray Bryant chronology
Dancing the Big Twist (1961) Hollywood Jazz Beat (1962) Groove House (1963)

Track listing

1. "On Green Dolphin Street" (Bronisław Kaper, Ned Washington) – 2:16
2. "Ruby" (Heinz Roemheld, Mitchell Parish) – 3:08
3. "Invitation" (Kaper, Paul Francis Webster) – 2:58
4. "Secret Love" (Sammy Fain, Webster) – 2:16
5. "An Affair to Remember (Our Love Affair)" (Harry Warren, Harold Adamson, Leo McCarey) – 2:30
6. "The High and the Mighty" (Dimitri Tiomkin, Washington) – 2:09
7. "Exodus (Main Theme)" (Ernest Gold) – 2:00
8. "Laura" (David Raksin, Johnny Mercer) – 4:32
9. "Three Coins in the Fountain" (Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn) – 3:20
10. "El Cid (Love Theme)" (Miklós Rózsa) – 2:21
11. "Tonight" (Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim) – 1:51
12. "True Love" (Cole Porter) – 2:08

• Recorded in Hollywood, CA on March 27, 1962 (tracks 1, 3, 7 & 12), March 30, 1962 (tracks 5 & 8) and April 10, 1962 (tracks 2, 4, 6 & 9–11)

Personnel

• Ray Bryant – piano
• Unidentified orchestra arranged and conducted by Richard Wess

References

1. Watts, R., Callahan, M., Edwards, D. and Eyries, P. Columbia Main Series, Part 14: CL 1800-1899/CS 8600–8699 (1962), accessed April 25, 2017
2. Ray Bryant catalog, accessed April 25, 2017
3. Enciclopedia del Jazz Ray Bryant discography, accessed April 26, 2017
4. Hollywood Jazz Beat – Listing at AllMusic. Retrieved April 25, 2017.