He played with his brother, Tommy Bryant, who was a bassist in a house band at the Blue Note Club in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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He is survived by his wife, Claude Bryant of twenty years of Jackson Heights, Queens, New York; a son, Raphael Bryant Jr., a daughter Gina Bryant; three grandchildren; two brothers, Leonard Bryant and Lynwood Bryant; sister, Vera Bryant Eubanks; nephews, Robin Eubanks who is a trombonist jazz musician; Kevin Eubanks guitarist and former band leader of the Tonight Show with Jay Leno; and Duane Eubanks, a trumpeter jazz musician.