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November 19, 2014
All I Want To Do (Virtually With Angie Stone)
Read moreAlbum: Genius And Friends, Rhino/WEA, 20 September 2005. Ray Charles laid down most of the songs at his own studio, RPM International in Los Angeles, in 1997 and 1998. Post mortem, this duet was dubbed in by Angie Stone. For more production details, follow the album link, above. Update 24.01.2021: the video of this performance is […]
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November 19, 2014
All Night Long
Read moreAlbum: Country And Western Meets Rhythm And Blues (aka Together Again), ABC/Paramount 520, August 1965. Recorded at the United Studios in Hollywood in February 1965. With a rhythm section (including Rene Hall on guitar, and Earl Palmer on drums), strings and The Jack Halloran Singers. Arranged by Sid Feller. Update 24.01.2021: the footage of this performance is no […]
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November 19, 2014
All She Wants To Do Is Love Me
Read moreAlbum: Strong Love Affair, Qwest Records 9362-46107-2, January 1996. Recorded in Paris (instruments) and at RPM International in Los Angeles (voice). Produced by Jean-Pierre Grosz. For the personnel, follow the album link, above. Update 24.01.2021: the video of this performance is no longer available on YouTube, please let me know in the comments below if you […]
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November 19, 2014
All To Myself (aka All To Myself Alone)
Read moreSingle (B): Swing Time 249, 1951, b/w I Wonder Who’s Kissing Her Now.Compilation album: The Way I Feel, Proper, 22 Oct 2007. Recorded in Los Angeles, November 24, 1950. Ray Charles Trio: Ray Charles – voc, p (= “88”), cel; Oscar Moore – g; Johnny Miller – b.
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November 19, 2014
Alone In This City
Read moreSingle (A): Down Beat 211. B/w Can Anyone Ask For More.Compilation album: The Way I Feel, Proper, 22 Oct 2007. Recorded in Seattle, in February 1949. Maxin Trio: Ray Charles – voc, p; Gosady McKee – g; Milton S. Garred – b.
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November 19, 2014
Alone Together (With Betty Carter)
Read moreAlbum: Ray Charles And Betty Carter, ABC/Paramount 385, July 1961. Recorded at United Studios, Hollywood on June 13 or 14, 1961. Ray Charles – piano, voc; Betty Carter – voc;Edgar Willis – bass, with strings and The Jack Halloran Singers. Marty Paich – arranger; conductor. Update 24.01.2021: the video of this performance is no longer available […]
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November 19, 2014
Along Came Betty (The Ray Charles Orchestra)
Read moreAlbum: Ray Charles Orchestra – Zurich 1961. TCB (Swiss Radio Days Jazz Series #41), [2016]. Written by Benny Golson. Arranged by Quincy Jones.Solo: Marcus Belgrave on trumpet. Personnel during the October 1961 Europe tour: Marcus Belgrave, Wallace Davenport, Phil Guilbeau, John Hunt – trumpets; Henderson Chambers, Leon Comegys, James Lee Harbert, Keg Johnson – trombones; Hank […]
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November 19, 2014
Am I Blue (1, 2)
Read moreAm I Blue (1) Album: The Genius Of Ray Charles, Atlantic 1312, October 1959. Single (A): May 1961, Atlantic 2106 b/w It Should Have Been Me. Recorded on May 6, 1959 in New York with Bob Brookmeyer – tb; Ted Sommer – d; Allen Hanlon – g; Wendell Marshall – b; unidentified woodwinds, strings and singers. Ralph […]
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November 19, 2014
Amazing Grace (With The London Symphony Orchestra)
Read moreAlbum3: Music Of Hope, Tim Janis Ensemble TJE-CD-1901, 13 February 2001. Music Of Hope was an album to raise funds for the American Cancer Society. An all-star lineup (with a.o. the New York Philharmonic and the London Symphony Orchestra, Paul McCartney, Kurt Masur, Andre Previn, Ray Charles, and Emanuel Ax) contributed to it. Tim Janis orchestrated the tune. Ray […]
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November 19, 2014
Amen (With Sara Jordan Powell A.O.)
Read moreAlbum (VHS, France): Ray Charles Live, Cinéthèque VCV 402, S.a. From the TV show Christmas In Ettal – A Black Ceremony at a Monastery in Germany, taped (most probably) in 1976, on Christmas Eve. With Donna Lynton, Rick Abao, Joe Bourne, John Waddel, Charles Williams – vo.
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November 18, 2014
America The Beautiful
Read moreAlbum: A Message From The People, ABC/Tangerine 755, April 1972.Single (B): ABC 11329, June 1972, b/w Look What They’ve Done To My Song, Ma.Single (A): Crossover/Atlantic 985, February 1976 (the year of the Bicentennial): re-release with a newly taped voice track, re-using the old (ABC 11329) instruments mix. In 1987, to further promote the already rapidly increasing […]
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November 18, 2014
Angel City (With The Ray Charles Orchestra)
Read moreAlbum: My Kind Of Jazz, Tangerine 1512. April 1970. The album was recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles, from January 1 to 10, 1970. Ray Charles – piano; J. Lloyd Miller – alto saxophone, oboe; Curtis Peagler – alto saxophone; Andy Ennis, Albert McQueen, Clifford Scott – tenor saxophone; Leroy Cooper – baritone saxophone; Bobby […]