Ray Charles Live In Geneva (1970)
On October 23, 1970 the Ray Charles Band played a concert at the Victoria Hall in Geneva. Don’t miss the remarkable version of Going Down Slow, which included a solo on (muted) trumpet by Johnny Coles and some bone chilling notes added by Joe Randazzo on bass trombone (he even got a reprise) – I guess both to kill the off-beat clapping from the audience. Rather special is also Games People Play (so far only known from a performance with Andy Williams and Mama Cass), featuring Vernita Moss and Susaye Greene.
The concert was taped from the audience; the audio quality is reasonable. The setlist was:
- Unidentified instrumental
- Hallelujah I Love Her So
- Georgia On My Mind
- Marie
- Yesterday
- The Bright Lights And You Girl
- Going Down Slow
- Intro Raelettes + If You Were Mine
- I Can’t Stop Loving You
- Show Me The Sunshine
- Eleanor Rigby
- Games People Play
- What’d I Say + Outro
Unidentified instrumental (with Genius Shout!):
Hallelujah I Love Her So:
Georgia On My Mind:
Marie:
Yesterday:
The Bright Lights And You Girl:
Going Down Slow:
Intro Raelettes + If You Were Mine:
I Can’t Stop Loving You:
Show Me The Sunshine:
Eleanor Rigby:
Games People Play:
What’d I Say, Outro:
The line-up was probably identical to the personnel performing earlier that month, in Paris:
Johnny Coles, Bill King, Blue Mitchell – trumpets; Glenn Childress, Henry Coker, Fred Murrell, Joe Randazzo – trombones; Jay Cloyd Miller, Curtis Peagler – alto saxophones; Andy Ennis, David Newman – tenor saxophones; Leroy Cooper – baritone saxophone, band leader; Ernie Elly – drums; Ben Martin – guitar; Edgar Willis – bass; Truman Thomas – organ. The Raelettes: Susaye Greene, Mable John, Vernita Moss, Estella Yarbrough.
* Special thanks to Uroš Perić.
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