For Mamma

Album: Renaissance, Crossover 9005, June 1975.

Charles’ take on Charles Aznavour’s La Mamma. The album was recorded in late 1974 and early 1975 at RPM International in Los Angeles. An audiotape of a working session where Sid Feller and Ray Charles discussed and worked on the arrangement of the song has survived.

With The Ray Charles Orchestra, including some alumni of the band, and other session musicians:

Jeff Conrad, Bob Coassin, Phil Guilbeau, Jack Evans – trumpets; Wally Huff, Ken Tussing, Glen Childress, Steve Davis – trombones; Andy Ennis, Clifford Solomon, Ed Pratt, James Clay – saxophones; Leroy Cooper – baritone saxophone, band leader; Joe Harris – bass; Tony Matthews – guitar; Ernest Vantrease – keyboards; James Gadson – drums.

Complete album (this is track #5):
Update 01.02.2021: the video of this performance is no longer available on YouTube, please let me know in the comments below if you have any footage, thanks — Cyd

Antibes, 1979:
Update 01.02.2021: the video of this performance is no longer available on YouTube, please let me know in the comments below if you have any footage, thanks — Cyd

McCallum, Palm Desert, 1991:

Live:
’78 LC Montreux – Part of medley
’78 LC Antibes
’78 TV Exclusif
’79 LC Antibes
’80 LC Pops
’81 LC Rome
’81 LC Sanremo
’82 LC Antibes
’83 LC Antibes
’84 LC Viareggio
’84 LC Nancy
’85 LC Antibes
’88 LC Leeuwin
’89 LC Paris – 2x
’91 LC McCallum – Released
’96 LC Warsaw