1970
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October 22, 2014
Project S (The Ray Charles Orchestra)
Read moreAlbum: The Ray Charles Orchestra, My Kind Of Jazz Part 3, Crossover 9007, October 1975. Ray recorded his Orchestra in late 1974 and early 1975 at RPM International in Los Angeles. Solos: James Clay, Andy Ennis – ts; Johnny Coles – flh. Arranged by Jimmy Heath. Ray didn’t play. Johnny Coles (flh), Jack Evans, Phil Guilbeau, […]
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October 22, 2014
Rainy Night In Georgia
Read moreAlbum: Through The Eyes Of Love, ABC/Tangerine 765, August 1972. Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles. The musicians remained uncredited. Arrangement by Sid Feller.
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October 21, 2014
Ray Minor Ray (Ray Charles Orchestra)
Read moreAlbum: The Ray Charles Orchestra, My Kind Of Jazz Part 3, Crossover 9007, October 1975. The album was recorded by the Ray Charles Orchestra in late 1974 and early 1975 at RPM International in Los Angeles. Ray did not play on this one. Solos: James Clay, Andy Ennis – ts; Johnny Coles, Phil Guilbeau – tp; […]
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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 21, 2014
Ring Of Fire
Read moreAlbum: Love Country Style, ABC/Tangerine 707, June 1970. Single (B): ABC 11351, March 1973, b/w I Can Make It Thru the Days (But Oh Those Lonely Nights). Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles in May 1970. Arranged by Sid Feller. With strings, woodwinds and rhythm section. The musicians remained uncredited (Carol Kaye possibly on bass). The […]
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October 20, 2014
Sail Away
Read moreAlbum: Renaissance, Crossover 9005, June 1975. The album was recorded in late 1974 and early 1975 at RPM International in Los Angeles. This recording probably has Brother Ray’s most bone chilling scream-shout ever. With The Ray Charles Orchestra, The Raelettes, on a few tracks also with some alumni of the band and other studio musicians. For […]
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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 20, 2014
Samba De Elencia (The Ray Charles Orchestra)
Read moreAlbum: The Ray Charles Orchestra, My Kind Of Jazz Part 3, Crossover 9007, October 1975. Recorded by the Orchestra in late 1974 and early 1975 at RPM International in Los Angeles. Ray didn’t play. Andy Ennis played the tenor solo. Arranged by Alf Clausen. With Johnny Coles, Jack Evans, Phil Guilbeau, Bob Coassin – trumpets; Ken Tussing, […]
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October 19, 2014
See You Then
Read moreAlbum: Volcanic Action Of My Soul, ABC/Tangerine 726, April 1971. Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles. Musicians nr singers were credited. Arranged by Sid Feller. (LQ audio):
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October 19, 2014
Seems Like I Gotta Do Wrong
Read moreAlbum: A Message From The People, ABC/Tangerine 755, April 1972. Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles in 1972. Ray on electric piano. The musicians remained uncredited (but follow the link to the album to see a listing of identified session musicians). Live: ’72 LC Paris ’73 LC Arbor
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October 19, 2014
Senor Blues (With The Ray Charles Orchestra)
Read moreAlbum: My Kind Of Jazz, Tangerine 1512, April 1970. The album was recorded with the Ray Charles Orchestra at RPM International in Los Angeles, from January 1 to 10, 1970. Bobby Bryant, Bill King, Marshall Hunt, Blue Mitchell, trumpets; Glen Childress, Henry Coker, Joe Randazzo, (+ Edward Comegys? or Fred Murrell? or David Phelps?) – trombones; J. Lloyd […]
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October 19, 2014
Shake (With The Raelettes)
Read moreAlbum (DVD): The Dick Cavett Show – Ray Charles Collection, Shout Factory Theatr, 13 September 2005. Sam Cooke would’ve been proud of the version by The Raelettes (f.l.t.r. in clip below): Dorothy Berry, Vernita Moss, Susaye Green, Mable John & Estella Yarbrough. Cavett Show, 1972: Live: ’67 LC Berlin ’67 LC Melbourne ’72 TV Cavett – Released ’72 […]