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The muscular, groove-oriented tenor of Rusty Bryant was heard to best effect on his funky soul-jazz albums for Prestige in the late ’60s and early ’70s, though he’d actually been leading bands since the ’50s.
Born Royal G. Bryant in Huntington, WV, on November 25, 1929, he grew up in Columbus, OH, where he became an important part of the local jazz scene, playing a robust, wailing tenor sax inspired by the likes of Gene Ammons and Sonny Stitt. He first worked as a sideman with Tiny Grimes and Stomp Gordon, and began leading his own bands in 1951. In the mid-’50s, Bryant signed with the Dot label and landed a major R&B hit with “All Night Long,” a double-time cover of “Night Train.” Bryant toured the country, but his association with Dot only lasted for a few sessions (including some where he attempted to introduce vocalist Nancy Wilson), and he soon returned to Columbus, where he was content to play on a strictly local basis.
After around a decade, he returned to recording in 1968 on Groove Holmes’ classic “That Healin’ Feelin’”, and began leading his own sessions again for Prestige, beginning with 1969’s Rusty Bryant Returns, an anomaly where he played a Lou Donaldson-inspired, s...
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Fire Eater
Ga Gang Gang Goong
Cootie Boogaloo
Soul Liberation
Zoo Boogaloo
Wildfire
Lou-Lou
Streak O'Lean
Friday Night Funk for Saturday Night Brothers
Free at Last
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Rusty Bryant Returns
Fire Eater
Rusty Bryant Plays Jazz
Friday Night Funk For Saturday Night Brothers
America's Greatest Jazz, Volume 2
For the Good Times
Original Quintet Complete Recordings
Legends of Acid Jazz, Vol. 2
Until It's Time for You to Go
Wild Fire
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