'97 LC Montreux
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November 17, 2014
Beatrice (The Ray Charles Orchestra)
Read moreAlbum (Blu Ray DVD): Ray Charles Live At Montreux 1997, Eagle Rock B001JL2V2E, December 2008. Arranged by Wayne Coniglio. 1997 personnel: Ted Murdock, Roger Ingram, David Hoffman, Ken Scharf – trumpets; Mike Guerrier, Steve Sigmund, Clay Lawrey, Wayne Coniglio – trombones; Al Waters, Al Jackson, Steve Elliott, Rudy Johnson, James Farnsworth – saxophone; Kenny Carr – guitar; […]
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November 17, 2014
Blues For Big Scotia
Read moreSeveral performances have been issued on DVD (see below). Remarkably, The Genius never recorded this instrumental in the studio. Manufacturers of electric pianos must have loved him, though, for repeatedly demonstrating all possibilities of their gear in a live setting. Ray took Oscar Peterson’s composition, and – with his obvious consent – added an intro […]
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November 11, 2014
Forty Pound Limit (aka I Don’t Know, aka Mr. Ray Charles) (The Ray Charles Orchestra)
Read moreAlbum DVD: Ray Charles Live At The Montreux Jazz Festival, November 2004; DVD/CD: Geneon/Pioneer B000667GDM, November 2004; DVD: SHE B0000648YH, June 2006; DVD: Eagle Rock B000VZBCVU, October 2007; Blu Ray DVD: Eagle Rock B001JL2V2E, December 2008. In an earlier article on this tune I presented it as an unidentified instrumental. I wrote that “In many sources, […]
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November 4, 2011
The Montreux 1997 Bonus: 3 Ray Charles Orchestra Pieces
Read moreThe concert in Montreux on July 19th, 1997 is one of the best documented shows of the Ray Charles group. The concert was videotaped with 7 or 8 cameras, the sound recording had studio quality, and the show’s director didn’t miss a beat, editing an entirely relevant final montage of luscious close-ups and wider shots. […]