1950
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November 15, 2014
Confession Blues
Read moreSingle (B): Down Beat 171, February 1949, b/w I Love You, I Love You.Compilation album: The Way I Feel, Proper, 22 Oct 2007. Recorded in Seattle (possibly at the KOL radio studios), February 1949. The Maxin Trio: Ray Charles – voc, p; Gosady McKee – g; Milton S. Garred – b. From Linden Records: Seattle’s “lost” post-war music company: “By […]
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November 15, 2014
Cosmic Ray (aka Cosmic Blues) (With Milt Jackson)
Read moreAlbum: 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
Read moreAlbum: The Genius Of Ray Charles, Atlantic 1312, October 1959. Recorded in New York City on 23 June 1959. With Clark Terry, Ernie Royal, Joe Newman, Snookie Young, Marcus Belgrave, John Hunt – trumpets; Melba Liston, Quentin Jackson, Thomas Mitchell, Al Gray – trombones; Frank Wess – flute, alto saxophone and tenor saxophone; Marshall Royal – […]
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November 14, 2014
‘Deed I Do (With Milt Jackson)
Read moreAlbum: 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 13, 2014
Don’t Let The Sun Catch You Cryin’
Read moreAlbum: The Genius of Ray Charles, Atlantic 1312, October 1959. Single (B): Atlantic 2047, December 1959, b/w Let The Good Times Roll.EP: Alexander’s Ragtime Band/Don’t Let The Sun Catch You Cryin’/Atlantic 80.014, 1959, b/w Let The Good Times Roll/Come Rain Or Come Shine. Recorded in New York City, on May 6, 1959. Ray Charles – piano and vocals; Allen […]
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November 13, 2014
Don’t Put All Your Dreams In One Basket
Read moreSingle (B): Down Beat 216, 1950, b/w Ain’t That Fine.Compilation album: The Way I Feel, Proper, 22 Oct 2007. Recorded in 1949, in Los Angeles. Maxim Trio: Ray Charles – voc, p; Gosady McKee, Mitchell ‘Tiny’ Webb – g; Ralph Hamilton – b.
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November 13, 2014
Doodlin’ (With The Ray Charles Sextet)
Read moreDoodlin’ (With The Ray Charles Sextet) 1st edit (Atlantic master #2227): Album: The Great Ray Charles, Atlantic 1259, August 1957.EP: Atlantic 597, November 1957, b/w Sweet Sixten Bars. See this.2nd edit (Atlantic masters #4759, 4760): Single (A. Part 1; B. Part 2): Atlantic 5005, September 1960. Recorded at the Coastal Recording Studios in New York on 26 November 1956 with […]
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November 13, 2014
Drown In My Own Tears
Read moreSingle (B): Atlantic 1085, January 1956, b/w Mary Ann.Compilation: Ray Charles, Atlantic 8006, June 1957. Recorded at the Atlantic Studio in New York City, on November 30, 1955. With “his band”: Joe Bridgewater, Joshua Willis – trumpets; Don Wilkerson – tenor saxophone; Cecil Payne – baritone saxophone; Paul West – bass; Panama Francis – drums. This was […]
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November 11, 2014
Funny (But I Still Love You)
Read moreSingle (B): Atlantic 999, July 1953, b/w Mess Around.Compilation: Ray Charles, Atlantic 8006, June 1957. 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.
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November 11, 2014
Get On The Right Track Baby
Read moreSingle (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 10, 2014
Greenbacks
Read moreSingle (B): Atlantic 1076, October 1955 b/w Black Jack.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 (solo); Glenn Brooks – d; Wesley Jackson – g; Jimmy Bell – b.
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November 10, 2014
Guitar Blues (With The Rufus Beacham Orchestra) (?)
Read moreSingle (B): Swing Time 300, b/w Baby Let Me Hear You Call My Name.Also released by Sittin’ In With.Compilation album: The Way I Feel, Proper, 22 Oct 2007. Recorded in Los Angeles, 1952. The liner notes to The Way I Feel locate the taping in Miami (?), 1951, but that should probably be 1952. Ray Charles – p; possibly […]