'75 LC Madrid

  • November 16, 2014

    Captain Perfect (The Ray Charles Orchestra)

    Unreleased. Band instrumental penned by Alf Clausen. Madrid personnel: Jeff Conrad, Bob Coassin, Phil Guilbeau, Jack Evans – trumpets; Wally Huff, Ken Tussing, Glen (Champ) Childress, Steve Davis – trombones; Andy Ennis, Clifford Solomon, Ed Pratt, James Clay – saxophones; Leroy Cooper – baritone saxophone, band leader; John Bryant – drums; Joe Harris – bass; Tony […]

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  • November 12, 2014

    Everything’s All Right

    Unreleased. Timefiller (to get Ernest “The Deacon” Vantrease front stage). It could easily have evolved into a fully fledged song. (Starts at 1’09’40):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 Live:’75 LC Madrid’75 LC […]

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  • November 9, 2014

    High On The Hogg (The Ray Charles Orchestra Ft Leroy “Hog” Cooper)

    Unreleased. 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 4, 2014

    In The Evening (When The Sun Goes Down)

    Album: Ingredients In A Recipe For Soul, ABC/Paramount 465, August 1963.Album: Live In Concert, ABC/Paramount 500, 1964. Recorded on 10 or 13 July 1963 in New York. Ray’s take on this song almost seemed like a personal lesson in blues (re-)interpretation for Ella Fitzgerald, who released the song on her These Are The Blues album that same year. Where […]

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  • November 2, 2014

    Kid From Red Bank (The Ray Charles Orchestra)

    Unreleased. The Count Basie, Neal Hefti instrumental recorded for the TV show taped on 13 May 1975, at the Teatro Monumental in Madrid. Solo: Ernest Vantrease – keyboards. With Jeff Conrad, Bob Coassin, Phil Guilbeau, Jack Evans – trumpets; Wally Huff, Ken Tussing, Glen (Champ) Childress, Steve Davis – trombones; Andy Ennis, Clifford Solomon, Ed Pratt, James […]

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