Album 1953 - 1960 Pure
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November 24, 2014
Kentucky Waltz
Read moreAlbum: Pure Genius, Atlantic/WEA, 20 September 2005. Captured during the rehearsal session with Ahmet Ertegun in 1953, in New York City. Ray Charles loved to reminisce about his earliest endeavors in country music. Shortly after his 17th birthday, in 1947, he landed a gig with The Florida Playboys. In Michael Lydon’s biography, Ray Charles – […]
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November 20, 2014
A Bit of Soul (aka Blues Hangover)
Read moreSingle (A): Atlantic 2094, February 1961, b/w Early In The Morning. Compilation album: Pure Genius: The Complete Atlantic Recordings [“Remastered LP version”], Atlantic, 2005 (1952-1959). Recorded in Miami on 23 April 1955 with Joe Bridgewater, Riley Webb – tp; David Newman – as, bs; Don Wilkerson – ts; William Peebles – ds; Roosevelt Sheffield – b. The erroneous […]
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November 17, 2014
Bag’s Guitar Blues (With Milt Jackson)
Read moreCompilation album: Pure Genius: The Complete Atlantic Recordings, Atlantic, 2005 (1952-1959). Recorded on 12 September 1957, in New York. Milt Jackson – guitar, Ray Charles – piano; Billy Mitchell – tenor saxophone; Skeeter Best – guitar; Oscar Pettiford – bass; Connie Kaye – drums.
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November 17, 2014
Boogie Woogie
Read moreCompilation album: Pure Genius: The Complete Atlantic Recordings, Atlantic, 2005 (1952-1959), Disk 7. From the rehearsal session with Ahmet Ertegun, on 10 May 1953.
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November 15, 2014
Carryin’ That Load
Read moreSingle (B): Atlantic 2174, December 1962, b/w Feelin’ Sad.Compilation album: Pure Genius: The Complete Atlantic Recordings, Atlantic, 2005 (1952-1959). Marcus Belgrave, John Hunt – trumpets; David Newman – tenor saxophone (solo); Bennie Crawford – baritone saxophone; Edgar Willis – bass; Teagle Fleming – drums; The Raelettes. Update 28.01.2021: the video of this performance is no longer […]
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November 8, 2014
I Ain’t Got Nobody
Read moreCompilation album: Pure Genius: The Complete Atlantic Recordings, Atlantic, 2005 (1952-1959). From the rehearsal session with Ahmet Ertegun, on 10 May 1953, in New York.
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November 5, 2014
I’m Beginning To See The Light
Read moreCompilation album: Pure Genius: The Complete Atlantic Recordings, Atlantic/WEA, 20 September 2005. Undated arrangement briefing for Quincy Jones. The song was not produced.
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October 31, 2014
Lil’ Darlin’ (With The Ray Charles Septet)
Read moreCompilation album: Pure Genius: The Complete Atlantic Recordings, Atlantic/WEA, 20 September 2005 (DVD with Newport 1960 concert). “An unusually slow instrumental from the Basie Book”, warned Willis Connover in his introduction to the 1960 performance of the tune. With Ray Charles – piano; Phil Guilbeau – trumpet, John Hunt – flugelhorn; Hank Crawford – alto saxophone; […]
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October 30, 2014
Little Rock Getaway
Read moreCompilation album: Pure Genius: The Complete Atlantic Recordings, Atlantic, 2005 (1952-1959), Disk 7. From the rehearsal session with Ahmet Ertegun, on 10 May 1953, in New York. Update 14.02.2021: 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
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October 29, 2014
Low Society Blues
Read moreCompilation album: Pure Genius: The Complete Atlantic Recordings, Atlantic, 2005 (1952-1959). From the rehearsal session with Ahmet Ertegun, on 10 May 1953. Released on Disk 7 (3 tracks) of the Pure Genius box set (titled Low Society). Ray knew the tune from Lowell Fulson, probably by performing it with him in the period they toured together.
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October 22, 2014
Piano Improvisations (Not Titled)
Read moreCompilation album: Pure Genius: The Complete Atlantic Recordings, Atlantic, 2005 (1952-1959), Disk 7 (4 tracks). From the rehearsal session with Ahmet Ertegun, on 10 May 1953, in New York.
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October 15, 2014
Swanee River Rock (Talkin’ ‘Bout That River)
Read moreAd from Billboard, 7 October 1957. Single (A): Atlantic 1154, August 1957 b/w I Want A Little Girl. Compilation (studio and Newport versions): Pure Genius, Atlantic/WEA, 20 September 2005. Recorded on 28 May 1957 in New York with Joe Bridgewater, Ricky Harper – tp; David Newman – as, ts; Emmett Dennis – bs; William Peeples – d; Edgar […]