1970
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November 17, 2014
Blues In The Night
Read moreAlbum: Ain’t It So, Crossover/Atlantic 19251, September 1979. The Harold Arlen / Johnny Mercer blues tune, raycharlesified at RPM International in Los Angeles with uncredited members of the Ray Charles Orchestra and session musicians.
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November 17, 2014
Blues Jam In F (aka Ray Charles Blues) (With Dizzy Gillespie A.O.)
Read moreAlbum (CD): Ray Charles Meets Dizzy Gillespie, Jazz File JF1005, S.a. This ditty was probably set up by Ray Charles; I assume it was the Montreux Concerts Database that gave it the title Ray Charles Blues. On the bootleg CD this tune is named Blues Jam In F. With Dizzy Gillespie (tp), Hank Crawford (as) and David Newman […]
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November 17, 2014
Bluesette (With The Ray Charles Orchestra)
Read moreAlbum: My Kind Of Jazz, Tangerine 1512, April 1970. The album was recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles, from January 1 to 10, 1970. Ray Charles – piano; J. Lloyd Miller – alto saxophone, oboe; Curtis Peagler – alto saxophone; Andy Ennis, Albert McQueen, Clifford Scott – tenor saxophone; Leroy Cooper – baritone saxophone; Bobby […]
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November 16, 2014
Booty Butt (With The Ray Charles Orchestra)
Read moreAlbum: My Kind Of Jazz, Tangerine 1512, April 1970.Single (A): Tangerine 1015, March 1971, b/w Sidewinder. Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles, from January 1 to 10, 1970. Ray Charles – vocal and piano (solo); J. Lloyd Miller – alto saxophone, oboe; Curtis Peagler – alto saxophone; Andy Ennis (solo), Albert McQueen, Clifford Scott – […]
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November 16, 2014
Brazilian Skies (The Ray Charles Orchestra)
Read moreAlbum: Jazz Number II, Tangerine 1512, January 1973. Recorded at RPM International, in December 1971. Arranged by Teddy Edwards. Frank Szabo (lead), Tomas Cortez, Jack Walrath, Marcus Belgrave – trumpets; Mayo Tiano (lead), Jules Rowell, Glenn Childress, Dana Hughes (bass) – trombones; J. Lloyd Miller (alto, lead), James Clay (alto), David Newman (tenor), Don ??? or […]
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November 16, 2014
Buzzard Song
Read moreAlbum: Porgy & Bess, RCA 1831, November 1976. No doubt the best piece of singing-acting Ray ever did. The album was recorded from 20 to 23 April 1976; Ray’s instrumentals were recorded on July 13th, at RCA Recording Studio in Hollywood. For the line-up, click on the album’s link, above.
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November 16, 2014
C.P. Time (By Billy Brooks, Ray Charles On Piano)
Read moreBilly Brooks (1926 – 2003) was the inventor and held the patent of the skoonum horn – a double-barreled trumpet (read this).Brooks was one of the many great trumpetists who played with Ray. Together, they even went back to the early to mid Fifties. Windows is one of the Top 50 most sampled albums in history. Ray Charles co-produced […]
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November 15, 2014
Come Get It, I Got It (The Raelettes, Ft Mable Jones, Ray Charles On Keyboards)
Read moreSingle3 (A): Tangerine 1024, 197?, b/w Try A Little Kindness.Album3: (Ray Charles Presents The) Raeletts, Yesterday… Today… Tomorrow, Tangerine 1515, 1972. The Raelettes (probable line-up): Vernita Moss, Susaye Green, Mable John, Dorothy Berry and Estella Yarbrough. Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles, with uncredited members of the Ray Charles Orchestra (and maybe some session musicians).
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November 15, 2014
Come Live With Me
Read moreAlbum: Come Live With Me, Crossover 9000, January 1974.Single (A): Crossover/Atlantic 973, October 1973, b/w Everybody Sing. Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles. Sid Feller took care of the arrangement. (An audiotape of a working session where Feller and Charles discussed and worked on the arrangement of the song has survived). With The Ray Charles […]
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November 15, 2014
Crab Man
Read moreAlbum: Porgy & Bess, RCA 1831, November 1976. Recorded between 20 and 23 April 1976 at the RCA Recording Studio in Hollywood. For more details, click on the album’s link, above.
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November 14, 2014
Don’t Change On Me
Read moreAlbum: Love Country Style, ABC/Tangerine 707, June 1970.Single (A): ABC 11291, February 1971, b/w Sweet Memories. Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles in May 1970. The musicians and singers remained uncredited. But Carol Kaye played bass on this one. On her forum she wrote: “I did follow the arrangement in the intro only; then Ray told […]
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November 13, 2014
Down In The Valley
Read moreAlbum: Volcanic Action Of My Soul, ABC/Tangerine 726, April 1971. Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles. The musicians remained uncredited. The backing vocals on this one are also uncredited, but sound like a mix of a white choral group and The Raelettes. Arranged by Sid Feller. Update 01.02.2021: the video of this performance is no […]