Tunes
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October 27, 2014
Milk Cow Blues (With Willie Nelson)
Read moreUnreleased. Willie taking the lead on this Sleepy John Estes song (1930), recorded for the TV show Willie Nelson, Texas Style, first broadcast by CBS on 5 March 1988.
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October 27, 2014
Misery In My Heart (aka Going Down To The River; aka Givin’ It Up; aka I’m Going To Drown Myself)
Read moreSingle (A): Swing Time 326, 1953, b/w The Snow Is Falling.Compilation album: The Way I Feel, Proper, 22 Oct 2007. Recorded in Los Angeles, in 1951. “With Orchestra”: Ray Charles – voc, p; arr; Billy Brooks, Fleming Askew – tp; Marshall Royal, Earl Brown – as; Stanley Turrentine, Maurice Simon – ts; Charles Waller – bs; Frank […]
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October 27, 2014
Mississippi Mud
Read moreAlbum: Album: Genius Hits the Road, ABC/Paramount 335, 1960-07. Recorded at the Capitol Studios in New York on 29 March 1960. ‘Arranged and conducted by Ralph Burns’, according to the liner notes. In reality, the tune was probably charted by Bob Brookmeyer. With John Hunt, Marcus Belgrave, Martin Banks – trumpet; David Newman – tenor saxophone, […]
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October 26, 2014
Mister C
Read moreAlbum: Genius + Soul = Jazz, Impulse 2, February 1961. The album was recorded at the Van Gelder Studios in Englewood Cliffs, on 26 and 27 December 1960. Ray Charles – organ; Philip Guilbeau (all trumpet solos), Thad Jones, Joe Newman, Clark Terry, Eugene (Snooky) Young – trumpets; Henry Coker, Urbie Green (solo), Al Grey, Benny […]
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October 26, 2014
Misty (The Ray Charles Band, Ft Hank Crawford)
Read moreAlbum: Ray Charles Orchestra – Zurich 1961. TCB (Swiss Radio Days Jazz Series #41), [2016]. Recorded during the Ray Charles Big Band’s first concert in Europe by Radio Basel at the Kongresshaus in Zürich on October 18, 1961. The performance of Misty is the only known live recording of this song by the Ray Charles Band. Crawford’s original studio version was released on […]
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October 26, 2014
Misty (with Steve Turre) (Ray Charles On Piano)
Read moreAlbum3: Steve Turre, In The Spur Of The Moment, Telarc 83484, 1999. The sessions with Ray Charles were recorded at Avatar Studios, Studios A & C, New York, New York on August 14 and October 8, 1999. Steve Turre – shells, trombone; Ray Charles – piano; Peter Washington – bass; Peter Turre – drums.
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October 26, 2014
Moanin’
Read moreAlbum: Genius + Soul = Jazz, Impulse 2, February 1961. The album was recorded at the Van Gelder Studios in Englewood Cliffs, on 26 and 27 December 1960. Ray Charles – voc, organ; Philip Guilbeau (all trumpet solos), Thad Jones, Joe Newman, Clark Terry, Eugene (Snooky) Young – trumpets; Henry Coker, Urbie Green, Al Grey, Benny […]
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October 26, 2014
Monster In The Mirror (With Grover)
Read moreUnreleased. In 1991 Ray appeared in the Sesame Street music video for Monster in the Mirror (watch good copy here), a Sesame Street song sung by Grover, who wakes up one morning and sees a monster in his mirror (his reflection). Instead of being scared, he sings, “Wubba wubba wubba wubba, woo woo woo”. In Season 22, […]
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October 26, 2014
Moon Over Miami
Read moreAlbum: Album: Genius Hits the Road, ABC/Paramount 335, July 1960. Recorded at the Capitol Studios in New York on 29 March 1960. The liner notes say that the tune was arranged and conducted by Ralph Burns. In reality, the tune was probably charted by Al Cohn. Milt Turner – drums; Edgar Willis – bass; uncredited strings […]
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October 26, 2014
Moonlight In Vermont
Read moreAlbum: Album: Genius Hits the Road, ABC/Paramount 335, July 1960. Recorded at the Capitol Studios in New York on 25 March 1960. With Milt Turner on drums and Edgar Willis on bass, strings and choir. According to the liner notes, the song was arranged and conducted by Ralph Burns; in reality, the tune was probably charted […]
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October 26, 2014
More Love Than Ordinary
Read moreThis was a bonus track (only) on a French release of the CD: My World, Warner Bros 26735, 1993*. The song was originally written by Francis Cabrel (cf. this Youtube clip), and adapted in English by (Ray’s longtime French girlfriend) Arlette Kotchounian**. It was added as a bonus track to a (French?) (re?)release of Ray’s album My World (Disk ID: 1674286*). Ray’s original audio version, with […]
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October 26, 2014
Morning Of Carnival (With The Ray Charles Orchestra)
Read moreAlbum: Jazz Number II, Tangerine 1512, January 1973-01. Recorded at RPM International, in December 1971. Arranged by Roger Neumann. Ray Charles – piano; Frank Szabo (lead), Tomas Cortez, Jack Walrath, Marcus Belgrave – trumpets; Mayo Tiano (lead), Jules Rowell, Glenn Childress, Dana Hughes (bass) – trombones; J. Lloyd Miller (alto, lead), James Clay (alto), David Newman […]