Appearances
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October 11, 2014
They Can’t Take That Away From Me
Read moreAlbum (VHS): Ray Charles – Live 1991 [at the McCallum theater], Atlantic/WEA, 11 June 1991. Compilation album: Ray Charles Forever, Concord, 24 September 2013. This was one of Ray’s favorite tunes for ‘symphony gigs’. He evidently somehow ‘forgot’ to put this song out on vinyl or CD. Live: ’86 LC London ’87 LC Bourges 87 TV Dave ’88 […]
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October 11, 2014
Things Ain’t What They Used to Be (And You Better Believe It) [Intro: Untitled Blues] (With Marian McPartland)
Read moreUnreleased. On 9 January 1990 Ray Charles was a guest at Marian McPartland’s NPR radio show Piano Jazz, taped at the Manhattan Beach Studios in New York (first broadcast on April 6, 1991). One of the many good things that happened was a brief version of this tune (music by Mercer Ellington and lyrics by Ted […]
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October 11, 2014
Things Go Better With Coca Cola (Jingles; Also With Aretha Franklin)
Read moreWith Leroy Cooper. Between 1965 and 1968 Ray Charles made an interesting series of style variations on Coke’s campaign theme “Things Go Better With Coca Cola”. Each commercial was produced as luscious as a new album track. He used the best talent that Ray Charles Enterprises had to offer, and used the facilities of RPM […]
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October 10, 2014
This Masquerade (With George Benson And Chaka Khan)
Read moreUnreleased. Fun rendition of this Leon Russell tune, with some help of Chaka, videotaped at a concert on the first night (16 July) of the 1991 edition of the Montreux Jazz Festival.
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October 10, 2014
Two Ton Tessie
Read moreAlbum: Have A Smile With Me, ABC/Paramount 495, June 1964. Recorded in New York in the first week of May 1964. Follow link to album for line-up. Arranged by Johnny Parker. The live version only came to light thanks to the extended re-issue (from 2011) of the Shrine album. Live: ’64 LC Shrine – Released Album: Live:
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October 10, 2014
Undecided
Read moreAlbum: The Great Ray Charles, Atlantic 1259, August 1957. A fine instrumental (solos by Fathead and Ray), recorded at the Coastal Recording Studios in New York on 26 November 1956 with Joe Bridgewater, John Hunt – tp; David Fathead Newman – as, ts; Emmett Dennis – bs; William Peebles – d; Roosevelt Sheffield – b. Arranged by Quincie […]
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October 9, 2014
Untitled Blues (With Tony Franciosa)
Read moreUnreleased Ray Charles appeared to play something like a hotel pianist in the double episode I Love You, Billy Baker of the series In The Name Of The Game (aired on 20 and 27 November 1970). In a scene at the swimming pool he fools around with a few scripted blues clichés until the Jeff Dillon character (played by […]
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October 9, 2014
Untitled Blues
Read moreAlbum: Ray Charles – Live In Paris, Frémeaux FA5466, 2013. During the Olympia concert in Paris on May 18, 1962, Ray Charles played a marvelous (piano & hum & scat) blues which was only recently released.
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October 9, 2014
Untitled Jazz Jam (With Johnny Mann Band And Ray Brown Trio)
Read moreUnreleased. When Ray guested in the Joey Bishop Show on February 20, 1969, he was – to his obvious pleasant surprise – lured into a great jazz jam with the Johnny Mann band and the Ray Brown Trio.
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October 9, 2014
Viewpoint (The Ray Charles Orchestra)
Read moreUnreleased. Photo by Rahav Segev. The tune was composed, and arranged for the band, by Steve Turre. It was recorded twice, first in Antibes in 1992, then during the first concert on 8 September 1995 at Tramps in New York. ’92 LC Antibes ’95 LC Tramps
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October 9, 2014
Volare (aka Nel Blù Dipinto Di Blù)
Read moreUnreleased. On 14 November 1999 Ray assisted guitarist Alex Britti in a performance of Volare (correct full title: Nel Blù Dipinto Di Blù), the ‘anthem’ of the San Remo songfestival.
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October 9, 2014
Wave (The Ray Charles Orchestra)
Read moreUnreleased. This famous melody composed by Antonio Carlos Jobim was arranged for the band by James Polk. Three live recordings have survived. Live: ‘83 LC Antibes ‘85 LC Antibes – 2x ’86 LC Lugano