Release Date: 18 February 2022
Label: 20th Century Masterworks
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 8436563183928
Release Date: 01 January 2017
Label: Jazz Images
Packaging Type: Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 8437016248270
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
Tracklisting
Tracklisting
Ella Fitzgerald
Nina Simone
Elvis Presley
Oscar Peterson
Michel Legrand & Miles Davis
Duke Ellington & John Coltrane
Sonny Rollins
Quincy Jones
Ray Charles
Ray Charles, John Lennon, King Curtis, Hank Crawford, Gene A
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