Collaborations
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October 12, 2014
The Story (With Ray Charles Septet)
Read moreCompilation album (DVD): Pure Genius: The Complete Atlantic Recordings, Atlantic/WEA, 20 September 2005. The tune was written by tenor saxophonist James Moody and arranged by Ray Charles. The small band first played it at the 1960 Newport Festival. Hank Crawford played it on his first album, More Soul, played with the small band ex Ray. In 1961 […]
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October 12, 2014
The Team (Ray Charles Orchestra)
Read moreUnreleased. There may be a studio-recorded version from 1978 in the vaults of the Ray Charles Foundation (see below). The tune was first recorded during the 2 p.m. (televized) concert at the Warsaw Jamboree on October 27, 1984. Composed by trumpet player Tim Ouimette, who played in the Ray Charles Orchestra between 1978 and 1980. Ouimette […]
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October 11, 2014
The Things That I Used To Do (By Guitar Slim, Ray Charles On Piano)
Read moreSingle3 (A): Specialty 482, 1953, b/w Well I Done Got Over It. Recorded in New Orleans at Cosimo Matassa’s Studio on 27 October 1953. With Lloyd Lambert’s band (including Charles Burbank, Joe Tillman, and Gus Fontenotte on saxes, Frank Mitchell on trumpet, Lambert on bass, Oscar Moore on drums), helped by Ray Charles (who had been working with Slim […]
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October 11, 2014
The Thirteenth Floor (Ft. David Newman)
Read moreUnreleased (it’s uncertain if Ray played on this one with the combo, and if a recording has survived ). The tune is mentioned as Thirteen floor in the Montreux Jazz Festival’s database, as a part of the Ray Charles Meets Dizzy Gillespie concert on 13 July 1978. It was no doubt added to the setlist by Fathead (see below), who […]
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October 11, 2014
The Time Is Right (The Ray Charles Orchestra)
Read moreReleased with the semi-bootleg 2-CD Ray Charles In Concert [at the Warsaw Jazz Jamboree 1984], S.l., S.a. Another (superior) audio was shared here. Performed at the 8 p.m. show on 27 October 1984 at the Warsaw Jamboree. Clifford Solomon took the sax solo. The chart was penned by Roger Neumann. With Robbie Kwock, Mark Curry, Jim Seely, Jeff Kaye […]
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October 11, 2014
The Way You Look Tonight
Read moreAlbum (CD): Ray Charles à L’Olympia, XIII Bis Records 640543 2, 11 January 2005 (2000). On August 10, 1999 the Jazz In Marciac festival announced a surprise package: the “Ray Charles Quartet – with special guest David ‘Fathead’ Newman”. Having to record this song with Steve Turre just a few days later (be it in a different arrangement), gave Ray […]
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October 11, 2014
The Way You Look Tonight (By Steve Turre, Ray Charles On Piano)
Read moreAlbum3: Steve Turre, In The Spur Of The Moment, Telarc B00004TUOZ, 1999. Recorded at Avatar Studios, Studios A & C, New York, New York on August 14 and October 8, 1999. With Steve Turre – trombone; Ray Charles – piano; Peter Washington – bass; Buster Williams – bass; Peter Turre – drums. (Track #4:)
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October 11, 2014
There He Goes (By Lula Reed, Ray Charles On Organ)
Read moreEarly publicity photo. Single3 (B). Tangerine TRC 925, August 1962, b/w Just Keep It Up. Album3: Lula Reed, The Soulful Side Of Lula Reed, Titanic Records CD-6501, 2011. In 1962 Ray Charles produced several singles with Lula Reed (born Lula Marietta McClelland, 1921 – 2008), and played keyboards on 4 tracks. This is one of these. Lula […]
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October 11, 2014
There Is No Greater Love (By Jimmy Scott, Ray Charles On Piano)
Read moreAlbum3: Jimmy Scott: Falling In Love Is Wonderful, Tangerine, TRC 1501, 1963. Taped at the United Recordings Studios in Hollywood, in 1962. Arranged by Gerald Wilson. Jimmy Scott: “The record was completed in just a few sessions. I don’t think we did more than two takes on any one tune. There wasn’t any overdubbing either. It […]
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October 11, 2014
There It Is!
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. HQ audio, album version: (Video + LQ audio:)
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October 11, 2014
They Say It’s Wonderful (By Jimmy Scott, Ray Charles On Piano)
Read moreAlbum3: Jimmy Scott: Falling In Love Is Wonderful, Tangerine, TRC 1501, 1963. Taped at the United Recordings Studios in Hollywood, in 1962. Arranged by Marty Paich. Jimmy Scott: “The record was completed in just a few sessions. I don’t think we did more than two takes on any one tune. There wasn’t any overdubbing either. It […]
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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 […]