1960
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November 10, 2014
Hallelujah I Love Her So (With Milt Jackson)
Read moreAlbum: Soul Meeting, Atlantic 1360, February 1961 (1957 – 1958). Recorded on April 10th, 1958 at the Atlantic Studio in New York City. Milt Jackson – vibraphone; Ray Charles – piano; Kenny Burrell – guitar; Percy Heath – bass; Art Taylor – drums. Update 10.02.2021: the video of this performance is no longer available on YouTube, […]
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November 10, 2014
Hang Your Head In Shame
Read moreAlbum: Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music Volume 2, ABC/Paramount 435, October 1962. Recorded on 7 September 1962 in Hollywood, with strings and singers. Arranged by Marty Paich. Update 10.02.2021: the video of this performance is no longer available on YouTube, please let me know in the comments below if you have any footage, thanks […]
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November 10, 2014
Happy Faces (The Ray Charles Orchestra)
Read moreAlbum:Ray Charles Orchestra – Zurich 1961. TCB (Swiss Radio Days Jazz Series #41), [2016]. The Ray Charles Big Band, on their first brief Europe tour in October 1961, played this Sonny Stitt composition at least four times. Arranged by Quincy Jones. David Fathead Newman solo’ed on tenor saxophone. With Marcus Belgrave, Wallace Davenport, Phil Guilbeau, […]
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November 10, 2014
Hard Times (No One Knows Better Than I)
Read moreSingle (A): Atlantic 2118, September 1961 b/w I Wonder Who.Compilation: The Genius Sings The Blues, Atlantic 8052, September 1961 (1952 – 1959). 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. Live:Just as a handful […]
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November 10, 2014
Hard Times (By David Fathead Newman, Ray Charles On Piano)
Read moreAlbum3: Fathead, Atlantic 1304, November 1958 (1960).Single (A, Part 1; B, Part 2): Atlantic 5002, 1960. Soul jazz pur sang. Recorded on November 5, 1958 at Atlantic Recording Studios, New York. David Newman – alto saxophone; Ray Charles – piano; Marcus Belgrave – trumpet; Hank Crawford – baritone saxophone; Edgar Willis – bass; Milt Turner – […]
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November 9, 2014
Hard Hearted Hannah
Read moreSingle (B): ABC 10164, November 1960, b/w Ruby.Dedicated To You, ABC/Paramount 355, January 1961. Recorded at the United Studios in Hollywood on August 23 or 24, 1960. John Hunt – trumpet; Hank Crawford – alto saxophone; David Fathead Newman – tenor saxophone; Leroy Cooper – baritone saxophone; Martin Banks, Bill Pittman – guitar; Edgar Willis – […]
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November 9, 2014
Here We Go Again (ft Alex Brown)
Read moreSingle (A): ABC 10938, April 1967, b/w Somebody Ought to Write a Book About It.Album: Ray Charles Invites You To Listen, ABC/Tangerine 595, June 1967. Recorded at RPM International in January 1967. With woodwinds, strings, Billy Preston on organ, Rene Hall on guitar, Carol Kaye on bass, Earl Palmer on drums, and The Raelettes: Gwen Berry, Alex […]
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November 9, 2014
Hey, Good Lookin’
Read moreAlbum: Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music, ABC/Paramount 410, April 1962. The elpee was recorded on 5 and 7 February 1962 at the Capitol Studios in New York City, and on 15 February at the United Recording Studios in Hollywood. Arranged by Gerald Wilson. For the little that is known about the personnel, follow the […]
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November 9, 2014
Hide Nor Hair
Read moreSingle (B): ABC 10314, March 1962, b/w At the Club.Compilation album: Singular Genius, Concord Records, 15 November 2011. Written by Percy Mayfield. Read this about the historic Dr. Foster. Update 13.02.2021: the video of this performance is no longer available on YouTube, please let me know in the comments below if you have any footage, thanks — Cyd Shrine […]
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November 9, 2014
Hit The Road Jack (With The Raelettes)
Read moreSingle (A): ABC 10244, August 1961, b/w The Danger Zone.Compilation album: Singular Genius, Concord Records, 15 November 2011. Steve Hoffman wrote that “Ray Charles recorded both Hit The Road Jack and Unchain My Heart on one 30-minute reel of tape in real ‘reel’ time. In other words, both songs finished, recorded and mixed within 1/2 hour!” When Hoffman was remastering the song […]
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November 8, 2014
Hornful Soul (With Ray Charles Sextet)
Read moreAlbum: The Genius After Hours, Atlantic 1369, June 1961 (1956, 1957). Recorded on 20 November 1956 in New York. Ray Charles – p; Joe Bridgewater, John Hunt – tp; David Newman – as, ts; Emmett Dennis – bs; William Peebles – ds; Roosevelt Sheffield – b. Live:’61 LC Antibes – 2x – Released
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November 8, 2014
Hot Rod (aka The Spirit-Feel) (With The Ray Charles Septet)
Read moreAlbum: 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 – […]