2000
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October 25, 2014
Nature Boy
Read morePerformed at the the induction ceremony of Nat King Cole in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on March 6, 2000. The ceremony took place at the Waldorf Ballroom of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. “Ray Charles […] tore up the Waldorf when he admitted that he ‘tried to steal Nat Cole’s voice. I even tried to steal his […]
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October 25, 2014
New Orleans
Read moreAlbum: Thanks For Bringing Love Around Again, Crossover 4000, May 2002. Recorded at Ouistiti Studios and Plus XXX Studios in Paris, RPM International in Los Angeles, and Lighthouse Recording Studio, Studio City, California. For details, follow the album link, above.
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October 24, 2014
Notes
Read moreAlbum3 (DVD): Blues Clues: Blue’s Big Musical Movie, Paramount, 3 October 2000. Album3 (CD + Book): Rhino/WEA, 17 October 2000. I’ve also seen VHS and Playstation versions. Performed by Ray Charles (in his audio-only role as G-Clef) and The Persuasions. The mini tracks Notes, Rhythm, and Tempo (and Dynamics, to which Ray didn’t contribute) each represent a basic element of […]
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October 24, 2014
Oh Happy Day
Read moreAlbum (VHS, DVD): Ray Charles Celebrates A Gospel Christmas, Urban Works, 23 November 2004; CD: EMI Records, 27 November 2006. Recorded on 8 December 2002 at the Resch Center in Green Bay (WI) with the Voices of Jubilation Gospel Choir. Live: ’78 LC Montreux – Partial, in medley
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October 22, 2014
One Mint Julep (With Poncho Sanchez, Billy Preston)
Read moreAlbum3: Poncho Sanchez, Out Of Sight, Concord SACD-1031-6, 9 September 2003. That’s Ray giving some occasional groans (he’s not credited for the piano part, but may well be playing a few notes here), and it sure is Billy Preston on the Hammond B-3. With Pancho Sanchez, David Torres, Tony Banda, George Ortiz, Sal Vasquez, Serofin Aguilar, Scott Martin, […]
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October 22, 2014
Over The Rainbow (With Johnny Mathis)
Read moreAlbum: Genius Loves Company, Concord, August 2004. The album was recorded at RPM International (and some of the orchestral parts elsewhere) in Los Angeles between mid 2003 and March 2004. For an unabridged personnel listing see Wikipedia.
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October 21, 2014
Ray Reflects On America [Parlando]
Read moreCompilation album: Ray Charles Sings for America, Rhino/WEA, 3 September 2002. The weeks after the 9/11 attack the American airwaves were filled with patriotic songs. Ray’s America The Beautiful was probably the song that was most frequently played. The album was released a year after the 9/11 attack (read this for context). Only one song track, God Bless America Again, was […]
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October 21, 2014
Really Got A Hold On Me
Read moreAlbum: Thanks For Bringing Love Around Again, Crossover 4000, May 2002. Recorded at Ouistiti Studios and Plus XXX Studios in Paris, RPM International in Los Angeles, and Lighthouse Recording Studio, Studio City, California. For session details, follow the album link, above.
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October 21, 2014
Rhythm
Read moreAlbum3 (DVD): Blues Clues: Blue’s Big Musical Movie, Paramount, 3 October 2000. Album3 (CD + Book): Rhino/WEA, 17 October 2000. I’ve also seen VHS and Playstation versions. Performed by Ray Charles (in his audio-only role as G-Clef) and The Persuasions. The tracks Notes, Rhythm, and Tempo (and Dynamics, to which Ray didn’t contribute) each represent a basic element of music, […]
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October 20, 2014
Route 66
Read moreAlbum (DVD): Ray Charles à L’Olympia, Music Video Distributors, 2006 (2000). Album (CD): Ray Charles à L’Olympia, XIII Bis Records, 11 January 2005 (2000), 640543 2. After singing the song with Ella Fitzgerald at the Moulin Rouge in 1989, Ray kept the song on his repertoire for trio gigs. But the scene in the biopic Ray, where ‘he’ plays […]
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October 20, 2014
Save Your Lovin’ Just For Me
Read moreAlbum: Thanks For Bringing Love Around Again, Crossover 4000, May 2002. Recorded at Ouistiti Studios and Plus XXX Studios in Paris, RPM International in Los Angeles, and Lighthouse Recording Studio, Studio City, California. For details, click the album link, above. A 30-second sample is here.
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October 18, 2014
Shout (Virtually With Patti LaBelle & The Andrae Crouch Singers)
Read moreAlbum: Genius And Friends, Rhino/WEA, 20 September 2005. Ray Charles laid down most of the songs for this album at his own studio, RPM International in Los Angeles, in 1997 and 1998. Post mortem, duet parts of these tunes were dubbed in by virtual duet partners. For more production details, follow the album link, above.