Ray Bryant Quotes

I�ve recorded with almost everybody at one time or another. My first recording in 1954 was with Betty Carter; it was also her first recording. Ike Isaacs was on bass, and Specs Wright was on drums. John Levy became Betty�s manager. He used to manage Joe Williams, Nancy Wilson and George Shearing. At the same time, he was managing Betty Carter and me. Neither one of us had released a recording yet. John got the idea to make a joint album. I saw John last year at a jazz party in Arizona, as a matter of fact.
Ray Bryant

She played organ and piano, and she was my first teacher, I guess. She recognized that I had some talent, and she took me to the neighborhood piano teacher when I was six.
Ray Bryant (about his mom)

I never went to Europe until 1972. I got a call one day to go to the Montreux Festival in Switzerland. Oscar Peterson had been scheduled to appear, but for some reason he couldn�t make it. The promoters were looking for someone to play solo piano. My name came up, and I got the call.
Ray Bryant