1958

  • November 20, 2014

    A Fool For You

    Single (A): Atlantic 1063, June 1955, b/w This Little Girl Of Mine.Compilation: Ray Charles, Atlantic 8006, June 1957. Recorded in Miami on 23 April 1955 with Joe Bridgewater, Riley Webb – tp; David Newman – as, bs; Don Wilkerson – ts; William Peebles – ds; Roosevelt Sheffield – b. One could call Sweet Sixteen Bars an instrumental […]

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  • November 17, 2014

    Blackjack

    Single (A): Atlantic 1076, October 1955, b/w Greenbacks.Album: Yes Indeed, Atlantic 8025, October 1958. Recorded in Atlanta on 18 November 1954 with Joe Bridgewater, Charles Whitley – tp; Don Wilkerson – ts; David Fathead Newman – bs; Glenn Brooks – d; Wesley Jackson – g; Jimmy Bell – b.

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  • November 17, 2014

    Blue Funk (With Milt Jackson)

    Album: Soul Brothers, Atlantic 1279, June 1958. Recorded on September 12, 1957, in New York. Milt Jackson – vibraharp; Ray Charles – piano; Skeeter Best – guitar; Oscar Pettiford – bass; Connie Kaye – drums.Two other takes remain unissued; see this (or was this just an edit in 2 parts?).

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  • November 17, 2014

    Blues Waltz (With The Ray Charles Sextet)

    Album: Ray Charles At Newport, Atlantic 1289, October 1958. David Newman – tenor saxophone; Hank Crawford – baritone saxophone; Marcus Belgrave, Lee Harper – trumpet; Edgar Willis – bass; Richie Goldberg – drums. Update 27.01.2021: some 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 15, 2014

    Cosmic Ray (aka Cosmic Blues) (With Milt Jackson)

    Album: Soul Brothers, Atlantic 1279, June 1958. Recorded on September 12, 1957 in New York City. Milt Jackson – vibraharp; Ray Charles – piano; Billy Mitchell – tenor saxophone; Skeeter Best – guitar; Oscar Pettiford – bass; Connie Kaye – drums. Update 01.02.2021: the video of this performance is no longer available on YouTube, please let […]

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  • November 14, 2014

    ‘Deed I Do (With Milt Jackson)

    Album: Soul Brothers, Atlantic 1279, June 1958. Recorded in New York City on September 12, 1957. Milt Jackson – vibraharp; Ray Charles – piano; Billy Mitchell – tenor saxophone; Skeeter Best – guitar; Oscar Pettiford – bass; Connie Kaye – drums. Update 01.02.2021: the video of this performance is no longer available on YouTube, please let […]

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  • November 11, 2014

    Get On The Right Track Baby

    Single (B): Atlantic 1143, June 1957 b/w It’s All Right.Album: Yes Indeed, Atlantic 8025, October 1958. Recorded on 27 November 1956 in New York with Joe Bridgewater, John Hunt – tp; David Newman – as, ts; Emmett Dennis – bs; William Peebles – ds; Roosevelt Sheffield – b. Update 01.02.2021: the video of this performance is no […]

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  • November 9, 2014

    Heartbreaker

    Single (B): Atlantic 2055, March 1960, b/w Just For A Thrill.Album: Yes Indeed, Atlantic 8025, October 1958. Taped in New York on 17 May 1953 with Jesse Drakes – tp; Sam Taylor- ts; Dave McRae – bs; Connie Kay – d; Mickey Baker – g; Lloyd Trotman – b. (Outtakes):Update 10.02.2021: the video of this performance is […]

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  • November 8, 2014

    Hot Rod (aka The Spirit-Feel) (With The Ray Charles Septet)

    Album: Ray Charles At Newport, Atlantic 1289, October 1958.Album: Ray Charles In Person, Atlantic 8039, May 1960 (1959). The tune, written by Milt Jackson, is only known from the two earliest released live concerts in Newport (1958) and Atlanta (1959). 1958 line-up:Ray Charles – voice, piano, alto saxophone; Marcus Belgrave, Lee Harper – trumpets; David Fathead Newman – […]

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  • November 8, 2014

    How Long Blues (aka How Long) (With Milt Jackson)

    Album: Soul Brothers, Atlantic 1279, June 1958. Recorded in New York on 12 September 1957. How Long Blues is the most extended example of Ray’s sax playing on record. Milt Jackson – vibraharp, (during Ray’s sax chorus and Pettiford’s 1st bass chorus:) piano; Ray Charles – alto saxophone, piano; Billy Mitchell – tenor saxophone; Skeeter Best […]

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  • November 7, 2014

    I Had A Dream

    Single (B): Atlantic 1180, April 1958 b/w Yes Indeed.Album: Yes Indeed, Atlantic 8025, October 1958. Written by Ricky (Ricci) Harper and Ray Charles. Recorded in New York on 20 February 1958 with Marcus Belgrave, Lee Harper – tp; David Newman – as, ts; Emmett Dennis – bs;  Richie Goldberg – d; Edgar Willis – b. The Raeletes […]

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  • November 6, 2014

    I Want A Little Girl

    Single (B): Atlantic 1154, August 1957 b/w Swanee River Rock.Album: Yes Indeed, Atlantic 8025, October 1958. Recorded on 26 May 1957 in New York with Joe Bridgewater, Ricky Harper – tp; David Newman – as, ts; Emmett Dennis – bs; William Peebles – ds; Edgar Willis – b. It’s a shame that the Carnegie 1957 concert still […]

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