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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)

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.

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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.

• 1962 albums
• Ray Bryant albums
• Columbia Records albums
• Albums produced by John Hammond (producer)