Slow Freight

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{{Infobox album

| name = Slow Freight

| type = Album

| artist = Ray Bryant

| cover = Slow Freight.jpg

| released = 1967

| recorded = December 8, 1966

| studio = RCA Studios, New York City, NY

| genre = Jazz

| length = 39:11

| label = Cadet
LP/LPS-781

| producer = Esmond Edwards

| chronology = Ray Bryant

| prev_title = Lonesome Traveler

| prev_year = 1966

| next_title = The Ray Bryant Touch

| next_year = 1967

}}

Slow Freight is an album by pianist Ray Bryant released by Cadet Records in 1967.Callahan, M. and Edwards, D. [https://www.bsnpubs.com/chess/cadet.html Cadet Album Discography (1965-1971)], accessed August 5, 2019[https://www.jazzdisco.org/ray-bryant/catalog/#cadet-lp-781 Ray Bryant catalog], accessed August 5, 2019[https://enciclopediadeljazz.wordpress.com/2016/08/24/ray-bryant-discography/ Enciclopedia del Jazz Ray Bryant discography], accessed August 5, 2019[http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_Label_Argo_Cadet_700.htm Jazzlists: Argo/Cadet discography (LP 700 to LP 799)] accessed August 6, 2019

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{rating|3|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album |id= mw0000698685 |title=Ray Bryant: Take a Bryant Step – Listing |accessdate=August 5, 2019}}

}}

Track listing

  1. "Slow Freight" (Ray Bryant, Esmond Edwards) – 9:41
  2. "Amen" (Donald Byrd) – 4:51
  3. "Satin Doll" (Duke Ellington) – 6:50
  4. "If You Go Away" (Jacques Brel, Rod McKuen) – 4:55
  5. "Ah, the Apple Tree (When the World Was Young)" (Philippe-Gérard, Johnny Mercer) – 3:30
  6. "The Return of the Prodigal Son" (Harold Ousley) – 5:03
  7. "The Fox Stalker" (Bryant) – 3:32

Personnel

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