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Genius + Soul = Jazz

Ray Charles

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Format: CD

Cat No: 170058

Release Date:  18 February 2022

Label:  20th Century Masterworks

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  8436563183928

Genres:  Jazz  

Release Date:  01 January 2017

Label:  Jazz Images

Packaging Type:  Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  8437016248270

Genres:  Jazz  

Release Date:  07 April 2023

Label:  Jazz Wax

Packaging Type:  Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  8435723700029

Genres:  Jazz  

  • Description

    Ray Charles' iconic 'Genius + Soul = Jazz' (Impulse) plus the bonus album 'The Genius Of Ray Charles' (Atlantic), includes 20-page booklet with new specially prepared liner notes by Penguin Guide to Jazz's writer Brian Morton and by Paris' prestigious Jazz Magazine.

    "This album finds Ray Charles working with the Basie orchestra and with Quincy Jones and Ralph Burns as arrangers, a partnership perfectly aligned to give the session both maximum creative integrity and maximum audience appeal." - Penguin Guide To Jazz

    "Within this galvanizing orchestra of phenomenal energy and dazzling sound in every sense, The Genius' voice and organ find a greater force than ever." - Jazz Magazine

    Description

    Limited edition 180g vinyl - audiophile pressing, the complete album + 1 bonus track.
    One of the best examples of soul-jazz crossover from the early 1960s, this record features Ray Charles in the company of members of the Count Basie band, including such soloists as trumpeters Clark Terry, Thad Jones and Joe Newman. Most of the album is instrumental and swings vivaciously, although Charles does sing on 'I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town' and 'I've Got News for You'. One of the instrumentals, 'One Mint Julep' would give Charles one of his most unexpected hits. Quincy Jones wrote half of the album's arrangements, while Ralph Burns provided the other half.
    Ray Charles, vocal & organ
    Clark Terry, Thad Jones, Joe Newman, Phil Guilbeau, Snooky Young (tp), Henry Coker, Urbie Green, Al Grey, Benny Powell (tb), Marshal Royal, Frank Wess (as), Frank Foster, Billy Mitchell (ts), Charlie Fowlkes (bar), Freddie Green (g), Joe Wilder, John Frosk, Phil Guilbeau, Jimmy Nottingham (tp), Jimmy Cleveland, Urbie Green, Budd Johnson, Seldon Powell (ts), Haywood Henry (bar), Sam Herman (g), Joe Benjamin (b), Roy Haynes (d).
    Arrangements by Quincy Jones & Ralph Burns. Recorded at Van Gelder Studio, New York, 1960

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. From The Heart
      • 2. I’ve Got News For You
      • 3. Moanin’
      • 4. Let’s Go
      • 5. One Mint Julep
      • 6. I’m Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town
      • 7. Stompin’ Room Only
      • 8. Mister C
      • 9. Strike Up The Band
      • 10. Birth Of The Blues
      • 11. Let The Good Times Roll
      • 12. It Had To Be You
      • 13. Alexander’s Ragtime Band
      • 14. Two Years Of Torture
      • 15. When Your Lover Has Gone
      • 16. Deed I Do
      • 17. Just For A Thrill
      • 18. You Won’t Let Me Go
      • 19. Tell Me You’ll Wait For Me
      • 20. Don’t Let The Sun Catch You Cryin’
      • 21. Am I Blue
      • 22. Come Rain Or Come Shine

    Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. From the Heart
      • 2. I've Got News for You
      • 3. Moanin'
      • 4. Let's Go
      • 5. One Mint Julep
      • 6. I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town
      • 7. Stompin' Room Only
      • 8. Mister C.
      • 9. Strike Up the Band
      • 10. Birth of the Blues
      • 11. Let the Good Times Roll

    Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. From The Heart
      • 2. I've Got News For You
      • 3. Moanin'
      • 4. Let's Go
      • 5. One Mint Julep

      Side 2

      • 1. I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town
      • 2. Stompin' Room Only
      • 3. Mister C
      • 4. Strike Up The Band
      • 5. Birth Of The Blues
      • 6. Let The Good Times Roll