Collaborations
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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
One O’Clock Jump (With Woody Herman And Buddy Rich)?
Read moreUncertain if played and recorded. In 1982 Ray Charles guested at a Buddy Rich TV show at the Statler Hotel in New York. Peter Turre, Ray’s drummer, remembered that they participated in the finale with Woody Herman and Buddy Rich, possibly playing One O’Clock Jump. Unfortunately, the footage with Ray has not been published, but […]
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October 22, 2014
One Room Paradise (By The Raelettes, Ray Charles On Keyboards)
Read moreSingle (B): Tangerine 972, 1966, b/w One Hurt Deserves Another. Album3: The Raelettes, Souled Out, Tangerine 1511, 1971. Recorded at RPM International, Los Angeles, with uncredited musicians (all or most from the Ray Charles orchestra). Ray Charles on piano. The Raelettes (probable line-up): Merry Clayton (lead), Clydie King (contralto), Gwen Berry (alto) and Alex Brown (tenor).
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October 22, 2014
Our Suite (With The Ray Charles Orchestra)
Read moreOriginal big band chart (for trumpet 1). Album: Jazz Number II, Tangerine 1512, January 1973. Recorded at RPM International, in December 1971. Composed by Ray Charles and Roger Neumann; arranged by the latter. Ray Charles – piano; Frank Szabo (lead), Tomas Cortez, Jack Walrath, Marcus Belgrave – trumpets; Mayo Tiano (lead), Jules Rowell, Glenn Childress, Dana […]
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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 22, 2014
P.S. I Love You (By Rita Graham, Ray Charles On Piano)
Read moreAlbum: Rita Graham, Vibrations, Tangerine TRCS 1507, 1969. Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles, with uncredited musicians. Arranged by Sid Feller.
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October 22, 2014
Pas-Se-O-Ne Blues (With The Ray Charles Orchestra)
Read moreAlbum: My Kind Of Jazz, Tangerine 1512, April 1970. Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles, from January 1 to 10, 1970. Ray Charles – piano; J. Lloyd Miller – alto saxophone, oboe; Curtis Peagler – alto saxophone; Andy Ennis, Albert McQueen, Clifford Scott – tenor saxophone; Leroy Cooper – baritone saxophone; Bobby Bryant, Bill King, […]
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October 22, 2014
People Will Say We’re In Love (With Betty Carter)
Read moreAlbum: Ray Charles And Betty Carter, ABC/Paramount 385, July 1961. Recorded at the United Studios in Hollywood on June 13 and 14, 1961. Hank Crawford – alto saxophone; David Fathead Newman – tenor saxophone; Leroy Cooper – baritone saxophone; Bill Pittman – guitar; Edgar Willis – bass; Mel Lewis, Bruno Carr – drums; The Jack Halloran […]
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October 22, 2014
Please (You Got That) (With INXS’ Michael Hutchence)
Read moreAlbum3: INXS, Full Moon, Dirty Hearts, EastWest 4509942182 / Atlantic Records, 82541-2, 2 November 1993. Singles3 (CD, cassette, 7″ & 12″ vinyl): EastWest 4509944362 / Atlantic DMD 2078, 11 December 1993 – including several mixes: Club Need Mix, Needful Dub Mix, Downtown Dub Mix, Downtown Instrumental Mix (cf. this). The INXS album was recorded between November ’92 […]
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October 22, 2014
Poor Butterfly (With Quincy Jones A.O.)
Read moreAlbum3 (VHS): Quincy Jones – A Celebration In Seattle, VC II VC133, S.a. (c. 1983) or Front Row Video, 15 November 1990. During this TV concert, taped on 12 or 13 March 1983 in Seattle, as an extra surprise, Quincy brought Bumps Blackwell, Floyd Standifer, Buddy Catlett, Major Pickford and Ernestine Anderson on stage, presenting them, together with Ray, […]
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October 22, 2014
Popo (With The Ray Charles Septet)
Read moreUnreleased. Instrumental (written by Shorty Rogers)*, played twice during the concerts in Antibes in July 1961. With a nice tenor/alto battle between David Newman and Hank Crawford. Also: Phil Guilbeau, John Hunt – trumpets; Leroy Cooper – baritone saxophone; Edgar Willis – bass; Bruno Carr – drums. For Shorty’s original, hear this. * Many thanks to Jeff […]
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October 22, 2014
Precious Thing (Till The Next Somewhere) (with Dee Dee Bridgewater)
Read moreGerman single. Album3 (LP, CD): Dee Dee Bridgewater, Victim Of Love, Polydor 841 199, 1989. Single3: Polydor 889 130, 1989, b/w Sunset And Blue. The musicvideo version (4:44) of Pecious Thing, produced by NBdC and directed by Bertrand Antoine Fevre, is about 20 seconds shorter than the single and album version(s). There’s also an instrumental mix. Arranged by Kjetil […]