Collaborations
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November 9, 2014
Hello Dolly (With Louis Armstrong)
Read moreUnreleased. Filmed during Duke Ellington’s Sold On Soul Tribute, on 23 February 1970 at Madison Square Garden in New York. First aired in France on 19 March 1970 by TF 2. Ray Charles – p; Louis Armstrong – voc, Duke Ellington – conductor; Wild Bill Davis – o; a.o. As the Duke remarked when the applause finally […]
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November 9, 2014
Here Come De Honey Man (With Cleo Laine)
Read moreAlbum: Porgy & Bess, RCA 1831, November 1976. Cleo and Ray recorded together from 20 to 23 April 1976, and Ray’s instrumentals were recorded on 13 July, at RCA Recording Studio in Hollywood. For the session personnel, click on the album’s link, above.
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November 9, 2014
Here I Go Again (By The Raelettes, Ray Charles On Keyboards)
Read moreSingle (A): Tangerine 1017, 1971, b/w Leave My Man Alone.Album3: (Ray Charles Presents The) Raeletts, Yesterday… Today… Tomorrow, Tangerine 1515, 1972. Ray Charles on piano. Ft Estella Yarbrough. The Raelettes (probable line-up): Vernita Moss, Susaye Green, Mable John, Dorothy Berry and Estella Yarbrough. Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles, with uncredited (orchestra/session?) musicians.
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November 9, 2014
Here We Go Again (ft Alex Brown)
Read moreSingle (A): ABC 10938, April 1967, b/w Somebody Ought to Write a Book About It.Album: Ray Charles Invites You To Listen, ABC/Tangerine 595, June 1967. Recorded at RPM International in January 1967. With woodwinds, strings, Billy Preston on organ, Rene Hall on guitar, Carol Kaye on bass, Earl Palmer on drums, and The Raelettes: Gwen Berry, Alex […]
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November 9, 2014
Here We Go Again (With Norah Jones)
Read moreAlbum: Genius Loves Company, Concord, August 2004.In 2010 Blue Note Records released …Featuring Norah Jones, a collection of Norah Jones’ musical collaborations from the first decade of the new century. The album was recorded at RPM International (and some of the orchestral parts elsewhere) in Los Angeles between mid 2003 and March 2004. Just as in the […]
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November 9, 2014
Hey Girl (With Michael McDonald)
Read moreAlbum: Genius Loves Company, Concord, August 2004. 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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November 9, 2014
Hey Hey (With Jackie King)
Read moreAlbum3 (VHS): The Willie Nelson Special With Special Guest Ray Charles, first aired in November 1985, Embassy Home Entertainment, S.a. (Laser Disc: Rhino/WEA, 9 July 2002). Wonderful blues instrumental with Ray on electric piano, and Jackie King on guitar, recorded at the Austin Opry House on 18 May 1984.
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November 9, 2014
High On The Hogg (The Ray Charles Orchestra Ft Leroy “Hog” Cooper)
Read moreUnreleased. The tune, a show piece for bari – was written by Billy Baker, although – as one of the band alumni remembers it – “Mr. Charles might have done some dictation” on it. If it wasn’t written with Leroy “Hog” Cooper in mind, the big man certainly claimed it. The band in Madrid: Jeff Conrad, Bob Coassin, […]
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November 8, 2014
Hornful Soul (With Ray Charles Sextet)
Read moreAlbum: The Genius After Hours, Atlantic 1369, June 1961 (1956, 1957). Recorded on 20 November 1956 in New York. Ray Charles – p; Joe Bridgewater, John Hunt – tp; David Newman – as, ts; Emmett Dennis – bs; William Peebles – ds; Roosevelt Sheffield – b. Live:’61 LC Antibes – 2x – Released
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November 8, 2014
Horns In Minor (The Ray Charles Orchestra)
Read moreUnreleased. The earliest known – live – recording is from the 1990 Christmas Special in Tokyo. With Chuck Parrish, Jeff Kaye, Ted Murdock, Kenny Rampton – trumpets; Steve Sigmund, Mike Guerrier, Marc Fields, Wayne Coniglio – trombones; Craig Bailey, Al Jackson, Rudy Johnson, Al Waters, Jeff Alkire – saxophones; David Rokeach – drums; Kenny Carr – guitar; […]
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November 8, 2014
Hot Rod (aka The Spirit-Feel) (With The Ray Charles Septet)
Read moreAlbum: Ray Charles At Newport, Atlantic 1289, October 1958.Album: Ray Charles In Person, Atlantic 8039, May 1960 (1959). The tune, written by Milt Jackson, is only known from the two earliest released live concerts in Newport (1958) and Atlanta (1959). 1958 line-up:Ray Charles – voice, piano, alto saxophone; Marcus Belgrave, Lee Harper – trumpets; David Fathead Newman – […]
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November 8, 2014
How Deep Is The Ocean (How High Is The Sky) (By Jimmy Scott, Ray Charles On Piano)
Read moreAlbum3: Jimmy Scott, Falling In Love Is Wonderful, Tangerine TRC 1501, 1963. Recorded at the United Recordings Studios in Hollywood, in 1962.Jimmy later remembered that Ray wanted him to record this song as it was Ray’s all-time favorite. Arranged by Gerald Wilson.