# Ronnell Bright

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{{Short description|American jazz pianist (1930–2021)}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name                = Ronnell Bright
| background       = non_vocal_instrumentalist
| birth_name       = Ronnell Lovelace Bright
| birth_date         = {{birth date|1930|7|3|mf=y}}
| birth_place        = Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
| death_date         = {{death date and age|2021|8|12|1930|7|3|mf=y}}
| genre               = [Jazz](/source/Jazz)
| occupation        = Musician
| instrument        = Piano
| years_active     = 1952–2021
}}

'''Ronnell Lovelace Bright''' (July 3, 1930 – August 12, 2021)<ref>[https://www.jazzwax.com/2021/08/ronnell-bright-1930-2021.html Ronnell Bright (1930-2021)]</ref> was an American [jazz](/source/jazz) [pianist](/source/pianist). He made cameo appearances in the TV shows ''[The Jeffersons](/source/The_Jeffersons)'' and ''[Sanford and Son](/source/Sanford_and_Son)'', also working on ''[The Carol Burnett Show](/source/The_Carol_Burnett_Show)''.

==Career==
Bright played piano from a young age and won a piano competition when he was nine years old. In 1944, he played with the Chicago Youth Piano Symphony Orchestra. He studied at [Juilliard](/source/Juilliard), graduating early in the 1950s. Moving back to Chicago, he played with [Johnny Tate](/source/Johnny_Tate) and accompanied [Carmen McRae](/source/Carmen_McRae) before moving to New York City in 1955. There he played with [Rolf Kühn](/source/Rolf_K%C3%BChn) and assembled his own trio in 1957. In 1957–58 he was with [Dizzy Gillespie](/source/Dizzy_Gillespie) and acted as an accompanist for [Sarah Vaughan](/source/Sarah_Vaughan), [Lena Horne](/source/Lena_Horne), and [Gloria Lynne](/source/Gloria_Lynne) over the next few years. His compositions were recorded by Vaughan, [Cal Tjader](/source/Cal_Tjader), [Horace Silver](/source/Horace_Silver), and [Blue Mitchell](/source/Blue_Mitchell). In 1964, he became [Nancy Wilson](/source/Nancy_Wilson_(jazz_singer))'s arranger and pianist after moving to Los Angeles. Later in the decade he found work as a [studio musician](/source/studio_musician), playing in [Supersax](/source/Supersax) from 1972 to 1974.

==Discography==
===As leader===
* ''Bright's Spot'' (Regent, 1957)
* ''Bright Flight'' (Vanguard, 1957)
* ''The Ronnell Bright Trio'' (Polydor, 1958)

===As sideman===
'''With [Sarah Vaughan](/source/Sarah_Vaughan)'''
* ''After Hours at the London House'' (Mercury, 1958)
* ''Vaughan and Violins'' (Mercury, 1958)
* ''No Count Sarah'' (Mercury, 1959)

'''With others'''
* [Buddy Collette](/source/Buddy_Collette), ''Jazz for Thousand Oaks'' (UFO-BASS, 1996)
* [Coleman Hawkins](/source/Coleman_Hawkins), ''[The Hawk Relaxes](/source/The_Hawk_Relaxes)'' (Moodsville/Prestige, 1961)
* [Rolf Kühn](/source/Rolf_K%C3%BChn), ''Streamline'' (Vanguard, 1956)
* [Charles Kynard](/source/Charles_Kynard), ''Where It's At!'' (Pacific Jazz, 1963)
* [Anita O'Day](/source/Anita_O'Day), ''A Song for You'' (Emily, 1984)
* Anita O'Day, ''I Get a Kick Out of You'' (Evidence, 1993)
* [Johnnie Pate](/source/Johnnie_Pate), ''The Johnnie Pate Trio'' (Talisman, 1956)
* Johnnie Pate, ''Subtle Sounds'' (GIG, 1956)
* [Shirley Scott](/source/Shirley_Scott), ''[Workin{{'}}](/source/Workin'_(Shirley_Scott_album))'' (Prestige, 1967)
* Shirley Scott, ''[Stompin{{'}}](/source/Stompin')'' (Prestige, 1968)
* [Supersax](/source/Supersax), ''Supersax Plays Bird'' (Capitol, 1973)
* Supersax, ''Salt Peanuts'' (Capitol, 1974)
* [Buddy Tate](/source/Buddy_Tate), ''[Groovin{{'}} with Buddy Tate](/source/Groovin'_with_Buddy_Tate)'' (Swingville, 1961)
* [Frank Wess](/source/Frank_Wess) & [Harry Edison](/source/Harry_Edison), ''Dear Mr. Basie'' (Concord Jazz, 1990)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p8143/biography|pure_url=yes}} Ronnell Bright] at [Allmusic](/source/Allmusic)
* {{Discogs artist|Ronnell Bright}}
* {{IMDb name|id=1388629}}
* {{IMDb name|id=0998835}} as Ronnie Bright

{{Authority control}}

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Category:1930 births
Category:2021 deaths
Category:American jazz pianists
Category:American male jazz pianists
Category:Jazz musicians from Chicago
Category:Savoy Records artists
Category:20th-century American pianists
Category:21st-century American pianists
Category:20th-century American male pianists
Category:21st-century American male pianists

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