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- Person
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- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1931-12-24
- Active to
- 2011-06-02
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Ray Bryant (Raphael Homer Bryant) (born December 24, 1931 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American jazz pianist and composer. Ray Bryant began playing the piano from the age of six, also performing on bass in junior High School. Turning professional before his age of majority, Bryant has accompanied many other leading players such as Miles Davis and Coleman Hawkins, as well as singers like Carmen McRae. From the late 1950s he also led a trio, performing throughout the world, and also worki
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- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Bryant
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Philadelphia
- Place of death
- New York City
- Sibling
- Tommy Bryant
- Occupation
- recording artist
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- piano
- Record label
- Columbia Records
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- date of birth
- 1931-12-24
- date of death
- 2011-06-02
- name in native language
- Ray Bryant
- birth name
- Raphael Homer Bryant
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