1978
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November 20, 2014
A Peace That We Never Before Could Enjoy
Read moreAlbum: Love And Peace, Crossover/Atlantic 19199, September 1978. Single (B): Crossover/Atlantic 3473, March 1978, b/w Game Number Nine. Written by Mable John and (her son) Joel Webster. Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles. (Track #7):
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November 18, 2014
Autumn Leaves (With Dizzy Gillespie A.O.)
Read moreAlbum (DVD): Ray Charles à Montreux 1978, S.r., S.a. With Dizzy Gillespie (tp, solo), Hank Crawford (as) and David Newman (fl, ts), Mickey Roker (ds), Kenny Burrel (g), George Duvivier (b), Esther Phillips (voc).
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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 11, 2014
Give The Poor Man A Break
Read moreAlbum: Love And Peace, Crossover/Atlantic 19199, September 1978. Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles. Scott von Ravensberg on drums.
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November 11, 2014
God Bless The Child (With Dizzy Gillespie A.O., Ft Esther Philips)
Read moreAlbum (CD): Ray Charles Meets Dizzy Gillespie, Jazz File JF1005, S.a. Most of this concert was a mess, and Esther didn’t make it any better. With Dizzy Gillespie (tp), Hank Crawford (as) and David Newman (fl, ts), Mickey Roker (ds), Kenny Burrel (g); George Duvivier (b), Esther Phillips (voc).
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November 8, 2014
How Can You Get In (When You Get Out) (With Dizzy Gillespie A.O.)
Read moreAlbum (CD): Ray Charles Meets Dizzy Gillespie, Jazz File JF1005, S.a. Recorded during their masterclass concert at the 1978 Montreux Jazz Festival. With Dizzy Gillespie (tp), Hank Crawford (as) and David Newman (fl, ts), Mickey Roker (ds), Kenny Burrel (g), George Duvivier (b).I’m not sure where the title comes from (it may have been thought up […]
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November 3, 2014
Is There Anyone Out There
Read moreAlbum: Love And Peace, Crossover/Atlantic 19199, September 1978. Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles (that choir sounds BIG, though).
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October 24, 2014
No Achievement Showing
Read moreAlbum: Love And Peace, Crossover/Atlantic 19199, September 1978. Disco! Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles. (Track #6):
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October 21, 2014
Riding Thumb
Read moreAlbum: Love And Peace, Crossover/Atlantic 19199, September 1978. Single (B): Crossover/Atlantic 3527, October 1978, b/w You Forgot Your Memory. Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles. Not at all a typical Ray Charles song, but he must have loved it to pieces. When he called the “Big 3” for a concert, it meant that his part of […]
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October 20, 2014
Salt Peanuts (With Dizzy Gillespie A.O.)
Read moreAlbum (CD): Ray Charles Meets Dizzy Gillespie, Jazz File JF1005, S.a. Here Dizzy and his boys learned Ray how to play Salt Peanuts… With Dizzy Gillespie (tp), Mickey Roker (ds), Kenny Burrel (g), George Duvivier (b).
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October 19, 2014
She Knows
Read moreAlbum: Love And Peace, Crossover/Atlantic 19199, September 1978. Recorded with members of the Ray Charles Orchestra and strings at RPM International in Los Angeles. Magnificent trumpet solo by Johnny Coles. The live version had an even slower and further stripped down arrangement (like a ‘duet between Genius and bass’), and an even more virtuoso end (see […]
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October 15, 2014
Stormy Monday (With Dizzy Gillespie A.O.)
Read moreAlbum (bootleg CD): Ray Charles Meets Dizzy Gillespie, Jazz File JF1005, S.a. Ray Charles fooled around several times with citations from Stormy Monday (Madrid 1975, The Hague 1980), but this version with a combo led by Dizzy Gillespie came closest to a complete rendition (although Ray had trouble again to get the rhythm section in the right […]