Play Public Instance
Information about plays
list: List of plays
retrieve: Information about a specific play by ID
GET /v2/plays/3603171/?format=api
{ "id": 3603171, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3603171/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-01-11T18:24:37-08:00", "show": 65625, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65625/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Up Above the Rock", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "d2690db3-9cf1-4a31-9517-003b17524c91", "artist": "Ray Bryant", "artist_ids": [ "7feee525-a8ff-4a59-85f6-2b5190ea3e38" ], "album": "Up Above the Rock", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "217ad7ce-e203-4804-a235-775a09d2c24a", "labels": [ "Cadet Records" ], "label_ids": [ "49dc6850-69e3-4b6b-9b24-692fecc3f640" ], "release_date": "1968-01-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Ray Bryant released \"Up Above the Rock\" in 1968.\n\nBryant's career covered a wide range of genres from bop to blues, boogie woogie, gospel and R&B. It began in the late 1940's while playing with Tiny Grimes. In 1951 he became house pianist at the Blue Note in Philadelphia, backing visiting musicians such as Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Lester Young and Dizzy Gillespie, remaining until 1953. He began to record as leader for Epic in 1955 (later for parent label Columbia in 1960 when signed by John Hammond), Prestige and Signature. In 1958 or 1959, he settled in New York. With The Ray Bryant Combo he also entered the R&B genre, backing Aretha Franklin on her debut for Columbia and releasing the Bryant co-written R&B hit The Madison Time, later used in the Hairspray movies", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }