1960

• November 17, 2014

  Bags Of Blues (With Milt Jackson)

  Album: Soul Meeting, Atlantic 1360, February 1961 (1957 – 1958). Recorded on September 12, 1957 in New York. Milt Jackson – vibraharp; Ray Charles – piano; Billy Mitchell – tenor saxophone; Oscar Pettiford – bass; Connie Kaye – drums.

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• November 17, 2014

  Basin Street Blues

  Album: Album: Genius Hits the Road, ABC/Paramount 335, July 1960. Recorded at the Capitol Studios in New York on March 25, 1960. With John Hunt, Marcus Belgrave, Martin Banks – trumpet; David Newman – tenor saxophone, Hank Crawford – alto saxophone, Leroy Cooper – baritone saxophone; Milt Turner – drums; Edgar Willis – bass. According to […]

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• November 17, 2014

  Bill for Bennie (By David Fathead Newman, Ray Charles On Piano)

  Album: Fathead, Atlantic 1304, 1960. Recorded on November 5, 1958 at the Atlantic Recording Studio, New York. Ray Charles (p), David Newman (as), Marcus Belgrave (tp); Hank Crawford (bs), Edgar Willis (b), Milt Turner (ds). Arranged by Hank Crawford. Recording engineer: Tom Dowd.

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• November 17, 2014

  Birth Of A Band (With The Ray Charles Orchestra)

  Album (DVD): O Gênio, Rhino/WEA, 16 November 2004. This was one of the charts donated by Quincy Jones to the book of the new Ray Charles big band in 1961. Don’t miss the tenor chase with Fathead and Tina Brooks in the O Gênio clip, from 1963. The full line-up in São Paulo: Musicians: Oliver Beener, Roy Burrows, […]

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• November 17, 2014

  Birth Of The Blues

  Album: Genius + Soul = Jazz, Impulse 2, February 1961. The album was recorded at the Van Gelder Studios in Englewood Cliffs, on 26 and 27 December 1960. Ralph Burns wrote a triumphant chart for this Roy Henderson composition; Ray’s organ playing was brilliant. With John Frosk, Jimmy Nottingham, Philip Guilbeau (solo), Clark Terry, Joe Wilder […]

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• November 17, 2014

  Blue Genius (With Milt Jackson)

  Album: Soul Meeting, Atlantic 1360, February 1961 (1957 – 1958). Taped in New York City on April 10, 1958. Milt Jackson – vibraharp; Ray Charles – piano; Kenny Burrell – guitar; Percy Heath – bass; Art Taylor – drums.

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• November 17, 2014

  Blue Hawaii

  Album: Genius Hits the Road, ABC/Paramount 335, July 1960. Recorded at the Capitol Studios in New York on March 25, 1960. With the RayCharles Orchestra, strings and choir. Arranged by Ralph Burns, the liner notes said, but in reality, the tune was probably charted by Al Cohn. Live:Concert souvenir brochures from 1961 to 1963 longlisted the […]

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• November 17, 2014

  Blue Moon Of Kentucky

  Album: Country And Western Meets Rhythm And Blues (aka Together Again), ABC/Paramount 520, August 1965. This was one of the four Ray Charles tunes that were labeled with the  ‘swingova’ rhythm’-tag. The term had been invented by arranger Sid Feller, to emphasize their hybrid swing/bossa nova style. Recorded at RPM International, Los Angeles. The musicians were not […]

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• November 16, 2014

  Born To Be Blue

  Album: Ingredients In A Recipe For Soul, ABC/Paramount 465, August 1963. The album was recorded on 10 and 13 July 1963 in New York. With strings and the Ray Charles Orchestra. Oliver Beener, Wallace Davenport, Phil Guilbeau, John Hunt, Roy Burrows, Floyd Jones, Curtis Miller – trumpets; Henderson Chambers, James Lee Harbert, Keg Johnson, Julian Priester, […]

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• November 16, 2014

  Born To Lose

  Album: Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music, ABC/Paramount 410, April 1962.Single (B): ABC 10330, April 1962, b/w I Can’t Stop Loving You. The album was recorded  on  5 and 7 February 1962 at Capitol Studios in New York City, and on 15 February at United Recording Studios in Hollywood. With strings, singers and (the Orchestra’s?) rhythm […]

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• November 16, 2014

  Busted

  Album: Ingredients In A Recipe For Soul, ABC/Paramount 465, August 1963.Single (A): ABC 10481, August 1963, b/w Making Believe. The album was recorded on 10 and 13 July 1963 in New York. With Oliver Beener, Wallace Davenport, Phil Guilbeau, John Hunt, Roy Burrows, Floyd Jones, Curtis Miller – trumpets; Henderson Chambers, James Lee Harbert, Keg Johnson, Julian […]

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• November 16, 2014

  But On The Other Hand, Baby

  But On The Other Hand, BabySingle (B): ABC 10266, November 1961, b/w Unchain My Heart.Compilation album: Singular Genius, Concord Records, 15 November 2011. Recorded with the “Ray Charles Orchestra” (but actually only its rhythm section, with the great Phil Guilbeau on trumpet). Another marvelous interpretation of a Percy Mayfield penned blues. Update 27.01.2021: the video of this […]

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