1950
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November 18, 2014
Baby Won’t You Please Come Home
Read moreSingle (A): Swing Time 297, b/w Hey Now. Compilation album: The Way I Feel, Proper, 22 Oct 2007. Recorded in Los Angeles, in 1951. Ray Charles “with Orchestra”: Ray Charles – voc, p; Unidentified – g, b, d. Sy Oliver – arranger. The brief Billboard review from 20 September 1952 could have influenced Charles’ decision to find his own voice: “Again […]
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November 17, 2014
Bag’s Guitar Blues (With Milt Jackson)
Read moreCompilation album: Pure Genius: The Complete Atlantic Recordings, Atlantic, 2005 (1952-1959). Recorded on 12 September 1957, in New York. Milt Jackson – guitar, Ray Charles – piano; Billy Mitchell – tenor saxophone; Skeeter Best – guitar; Oscar Pettiford – bass; Connie Kaye – drums.
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November 17, 2014
Black Coffee
Read moreAlbum: The Great Ray Charles, Atlantic 1259, August 1957. Recorded on 30 April 1956 at the Atlantic Recording Studios in New York. Session personnel: David Newman – tenor saxophone; Emmott Dennis – baritone saxophone; Joe Bridgewater, John Hunt – trumpet; Roosevelt Sheffield, Oscar Pettiford – bass; William Peeples, Joe Harris – drums.
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November 17, 2014
Blackjack
Read moreSingle (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)
Read moreAlbum: 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)
Read moreAlbum: 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 17, 2014
Boogie Woogie
Read moreCompilation album: Pure Genius: The Complete Atlantic Recordings, Atlantic, 2005 (1952-1959), Disk 7. From the rehearsal session with Ahmet Ertegun, on 10 May 1953.
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November 16, 2014
Can Anyone Ask For More
Read moreSingle (B): Down Beat 211. B/w Alone in The City.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 16, 2014
Can’t You See Darling
Read moreCompilation album: The Way I Feel, Proper, 22 Oct 2007. From the February 1949 recording session in Seattle.The Maxin Trio: Ray Charles – voc, p; Gosady McKee – g; Milton S. Garred – b.
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November 15, 2014
Carryin’ That Load
Read moreSingle (B): Atlantic 2174, December 1962, b/w Feelin’ Sad.Compilation album: Pure Genius: The Complete Atlantic Recordings, Atlantic, 2005 (1952-1959). Marcus Belgrave, John Hunt – trumpets; David Newman – tenor saxophone (solo); Bennie Crawford – baritone saxophone; Edgar Willis – bass; Teagle Fleming – drums; The Raelettes. Update 28.01.2021: the video of this performance is no longer […]
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November 15, 2014
Come Back Baby (aka Come Back)
Read moreSingle (B): Atlantic 1050, December 1954, b/w I’ve Got A Woman.Compilation album: Ray Charles, Atlantic 8006, June 1957. Recorded in Atlanta on 18 November 1954 with Joe Bridgewater, Charles Whitley – tp; Don Wilkerson – ts; David Newman – bs; Glenn Brooks – d; Wesley Jackson – g; Jimmy Bell – b. Ray’s songwriter’s credits (repeated on […]
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November 15, 2014
Come Rain Or Come Shine
Read moreAlbum: The Genius Of Ray Charles, Atlantic 1312, October 1959.Single (B) [edited version]: Atlantic 2084, November 1960 b/w Tell Me You’ll Wait For Me.Single (A) [edited version]: Atlantic 2470, December 1967 b/w Tell Me You’ll Wait For Me. Recorded on 6 May 1959 in New York with Bob Brookmeyer – tb; Ted Sommer – ds; Allen Hanlon […]