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]

Hollywood Jazz Beat
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 1962
RecordedMarch 27 & 30 and April 10, 1962
StudioHollywood, CA
GenreJazz
LabelColumbia
CL-1867/CS-8667
ProducerJohn Hammond
Ray Bryant chronology
Dancing the Big Twist
(1961)
Hollywood Jazz Beat
(1962)
Groove House
(1963)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[4]

Track listing edit

  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 edit

References edit

  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.