1961

• October 22, 2014

  People Will Say We’re In Love (With Betty Carter)

  Album: Ray Charles And Betty Carter, ABC/Paramount 385, July 1961. Recorded at the United Studios in Hollywood on June 13 and 14, 1961. Hank Crawford – alto saxophone; David Fathead Newman – tenor saxophone; Leroy Cooper – baritone saxophone; Bill Pittman – guitar; Edgar Willis – bass; Mel Lewis, Bruno Carr – drums; The Jack Halloran […]

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• October 21, 2014

  Ray’s Blues

  Compilation album: The Genius Sings The Blues. Atlantic 8052, September 1961 (1952 – 1959). Taped in New Orleans on 4 December 1953 with Wallace Davenport, Frank Mitchell – tp; O’Neil Gerald – as; Joe Tillman – ts; Warren Bell- bs; Oscar Moore – d; Lloyd Lambert – b. Live: According to a concert souvenir booklet from […]

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• October 20, 2014

  Rosetta

  Album: Dedicated To You, ABC/Paramount 355, January 1961. Recorded at the United Studios in Hollywood on August 23 and 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 – bass; Irving Cottler – drums. Marty Paich […]

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• October 20, 2014

  Ruby

  Single (A): ABC 10164, November 1960, b/w Hard Hearted Hannah. Album: Dedicated To You, ABC/Paramount 355, January 1961. Recorded at United Studios in Hollywood on August 23 or 24, 1960. The single version was cut back to a little less than 3 minutes. With strings and singers. Marty Paich – arranger, conductor. Antibes 1961 (starts at 57:30): […]

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• October 18, 2014

  Side By Side (With Betty Carter)

  Album: Ray Charles And Betty Carter, ABC/Paramount 385, July 1961. Recorded at the United Studios in Hollywood on June 13 and 14, 1961. Hank Crawford – alto saxophone; David Fathead Newman – tenor saxophone; Leroy Cooper – baritone saxophone; Bill Pittman – guitar; Edgar Willis – bass; Mel Lewis, Bruno Carr – drums. Marty Paich – […]

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• October 16, 2014

  Soul Meeting (With Milt Jackson)

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

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• October 16, 2014

  Stella By Starlight

  Album: Dedicated To You, ABC/Paramount 355, January 1961. Recorded at the United Studios in Hollywood on August 23 and 24, 1960. With (uncredited) strings and singers. Marty Paich – arranger, conductor. Live: ’84 LC Carnegie NM (unsure). According to concert souvenir booklets from 1961 to c 1964, this number was part of the live repertoire then, but […]

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• October 15, 2014

  Stompin’ Room Only

  Album: Genius + Soul = Jazz, Impulse 2, February 1961. Instrumental arranged by Ralph Burns, with Ray Charles on organ. The sessions at the Van Gelder Studios in Englewood Cliffs, were on 26 and 27 December 1960. With Philip Guilbeau, Thad Jones, Joe Newman, Clark Terry, Eugene (Snooky) Young – trumpets; Henry Coker, Urbie Green, Al […]

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• October 15, 2014

  Strike Up The Band

  Album: Genius + Soul = Jazz, Impulse 2, February 1961. Recorded at the Van Gelder Studios in Englewood Cliffs, on 26 and 27 December 1960. Ray Charles on Hammond, trumpet by Phil Guilbeau. Arranged by Quincy Jones. Follow the album link above for further details. Live: ”62 LC Berlin – Released

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• October 15, 2014

  Sweet Georgia Brown

  Album: Dedicated To You, ABC/Paramount 355, January 1961. Up tempo septet arrangement by Marty Paich, recorded at United Studios in Hollywood on August 23 – 24, 1960. Personnel for these sessions: John Hunt – trumpet; Hank Crawford – alto saxophone; David Fathead Newman – tenor saxophone; Leroy Cooper – baritone saxophone; Martin Banks, Bill Pittman – […]

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• October 14, 2014

  Takes Two To Tango

  Album: Ray Charles And Betty Carter, ABC/Paramount 385, July 1961. Recorded at the United Studios in Hollywood on June 13-14, 1961. Ray Charles – piano, voc.; Betty Carter – voc; Hank Crawford – alto saxophone; David Fathead Newman – tenor saxophone; Leroy Cooper – baritone saxophone; Bill Pittman – guitar; Edgar Willis – bass; Mel Lewis, […]

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• October 13, 2014

  The Genius After Hours

  Album: The Genius After Hours, Atlantic 1369, June 1961 (1956, 1957). Recorded on September 12, 1957 in New York. Ray Charles – p, Oscar Pettiford – b, William Peeples – d. Live: ’82 TV Woody – With Woody Herman’s band, Woody on clarinet

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