''Gotta Travel On'' is an album by pianist

Ray Bryant Raphael Homer "Ray" Bryant (December 24, 1931 – June 2, 2011) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger. Early life Bryant was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on December 24, 1931. His mother was an ordained minister who had tau ...

recorded and released by

Cadet Records Cadet Records was an American record label that began as Argo Records in 1955 as the jazz subsidiary of Chess Records. Argo changed its name in 1965 to Cadet to avoid confusion with the similarly named label in the UK. Cadet stopped releasing r ...

in 1966.Jazzlists: Argo/Cadet discography (LP 700 to LP 799)
accessed August 6, 2019

Track listing

All compositions by Ray Bryant except where noted # "

Gotta Travel On "Gotta Travel On" is an American folksong. The earliest known version was printed in Carl Sandburg's The American Songbag in 1927 under the title "Yonder Comes the High Sheriff" and several variations were recorded in the 1920s, but the best kno ...

" ( Paul Clayton, Larry Ehrlich, Dave Lazer, Tom Six) – 4:27 # "Erewhon" – 3:10 # "Smack Dab in the Middle" (

Chuck Calhoun Jesse Albert Stone (November 16, 1901 – April 1, 1999) was an American rhythm and blues musician and songwriter whose influence spanned a wide range of genres. He also used the pseudonyms Charles Calhoun and Chuck Calhoun. His best-know ...

) – 4:03 # "Monkey Business" – 2:52 # "All Things Are Possible" – 3:45 # "

It Was a Very Good Year "It Was a Very Good Year" is a song composed by Ervin Drake in 1961 and originally recorded by Bob Shane with the Kingston Trio. It was made famous by Frank Sinatra's version in D minor, which won the Grammy Award for Best Male Vocal Performance ...

" (

Ervin Drake Ervin Drake (born Ervin Maurice Druckman; April 3, 1919 – January 15, 2015) was an American songwriter whose works include such American Songbook standards as " I Believe" and "It Was a Very Good Year". He wrote in a variety of styles and his w ...

) – 4:01 # " Bags' Groove" ( Milt Jackson) – 5:31 # "Midnight Stalking" – 4:15 # "Little Soul Sister" – 5:21

Personnel

– piano *

Snooky Young Eugene Edward "Snooky" Young (February 3, 1919 – May 11, 2011) was an American jazz trumpeter. He was known for his mastery of the plunger mute, with which he was able to create a wide range of sounds. Biography Young was lead trumpeter of t ...

– trumpet (tracks 2, 5, 6 & 9), * Clark Terry – trumpet, flugelhorn (tracks 2, 5, 6 & 9) *

Walter Booker Walter Booker (December 17, 1933 – November 24, 2006) was an American jazz musician. A native of Prairie View, Texas, Booker was a reliable bass player and an underrated stylist. His playing was marked by voice-like inflections, glissandos and ...

– bass *

Freddie Waits Frederick "Freddie" Douglas Waits (April 27, 1943 – November 18, 1989) was a hard bop and post-bop drummer. Waits never officially recorded as leader, but was a prominent member and composer in Max Roach's M'Boom percussion ensemble. He work ...

– drums

References

{{Authority control 1966 albums Ray Bryant albums Cadet Records albums Albums produced by Esmond Edwards