1976
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November 20, 2014
A Woman Is A Sometime Thing
Read moreAlbum: Porgy & Bess, RCA 1831, November 1976. Recorded between 20 and 23 April 1976 at the RCA Recording Studio in Hollywood. For the session personnel, click on the album’s link, above. (Track #3):
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November 19, 2014
Am I Blue (1, 2)
Read moreAm I Blue (1) Album: The Genius Of Ray Charles, Atlantic 1312, October 1959. Single (A): May 1961, Atlantic 2106 b/w It Should Have Been Me. Recorded on May 6, 1959 in New York with Bob Brookmeyer – tb; Ted Sommer – d; Allen Hanlon – g; Wendell Marshall – b; unidentified woodwinds, strings and singers. Ralph […]
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November 19, 2014
Amen (With Sara Jordan Powell A.O.)
Read moreAlbum (VHS, France): Ray Charles Live, Cinéthèque VCV 402, S.a. From the TV show Christmas In Ettal – A Black Ceremony at a Monastery in Germany, taped (most probably) in 1976, on Christmas Eve. With Donna Lynton, Rick Abao, Joe Bourne, John Waddel, Charles Williams – vo.
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November 17, 2014
Bess, You Is My Woman Now (With Cleo Laine)
Read moreAlbum: Porgy & Bess, RCA 1831, November 1976. Cleo and Ray recorded together from 20 to 23 April 1976 at RCA Recording Studio in Hollywood. Joe Pass on Guitar. For the further line-up, click on the album’s link.
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November 17, 2014
Blowing The Blues Away (The Ray Charles Orchestra)
Read moreAlbum: Ray Charles – Live In Japan, Crossover 535, July 1976 (1975). ’68 LC Fresno’75 LC Japan – Released’75 LC Mexico The band in Japan: Bob Coassin, Johnny Coles, Jack Evans – trumpets; Steve Davis, Wally Huff, Ken Tussing – trombones; Ed Pratt, Clifford Solomon – alto saxophones; James Clay, Andy Ennis – tenor saxophones; […]
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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 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 11, 2014
Go Tell It On The Mountain (With Sara Jordan Powell A.O.)
Read moreAlbum (VHS, France): Ray Charles Live, Cinéthèque VCV 402, S.a. Typically the kind of up-tempo spiritual where Ray always stayed away from. For good reasons. Also with singers Donna Lynton, Rick Abao, Joe Bourne, John Waddel, Charles Williams, and the München Gospel Choir. The musicians were Sal Nistico – tenor saxophone; Carmell Jones, Benny Baily – […]
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November 9, 2014
Here Come De Honey Man (With Cleo Laine)
Read moreAlbum: Porgy & Bess, RCA 1831, November 1976. Cleo and Ray recorded together from 20 to 23 April 1976, and Ray’s instrumentals were recorded on 13 July, at RCA Recording Studio in Hollywood. For the session personnel, click on the album’s link, above.
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November 7, 2014
I Got Plenty O’ Nuttin’ (With Cleo Laine)
Read moreAlbum: Porgy & Bess, RCA 1831, November 1976. Cleo and Ray recorded together from 20 to 23 April 1976 at the RCA Recording Studio in Hollywood. For the personnel, click on the album’s link, above. Live:’77 TV Heart
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November 3, 2014
It Ain’t Necessarily So (With Cleo Laine)
Read moreAlbum: Porgy & Bess, RCA 1831, November 1976. Cleo and Ray recorded together from 20 to 23 April 1976, and Ray’s instrumentals were recorded on 13 July, at RCA Recording Studio in Hollywood. For more details, click on the album’s link, above.
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October 27, 2014
Merry Christmas Baby
Read moreAlbum (VHS, France): Ray Charles Live, Cinéthèque VCV 402, S.a. A great rendition of the Charles Brown song, from the TV show Christmas In Ettal – A Black Ceremony at a Monastery in Germany, taped (most probably) in 1976, on Christmas Eve.The VHS erroneously titled the song Santa Claus Blues. With Sal Nistico – tenor saxophone; Carmell Jones, […]