Album 1957 The Great

  • November 21, 2014

    I Surrender Dear (With The Ray Charles Sextet)

    Album: The Great Ray Charles, Atlantic 1259, August 1957. Recorded on 20 November 1956 at the Capitol Recording Studios in New York with Joe Bridgewater, John Hunt – tp; David Newman – as, ts; Emmett Dennis – bs; William Peebles – ds; Roosevelt Sheffield – b. Arranged by Quincy Jones. Bob Arnold and Johnny Cue were the engineers. Ray […]

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  • November 17, 2014

    Black Coffee

    Album: The Great Ray Charles, Atlantic 1259, August 1957. Recorded on 30 April 1956 at the Atlantic Recording Studios in New York. Session personnel: David Newman – tenor saxophone; Emmott Dennis – baritone saxophone; Joe Bridgewater, John Hunt – trumpet; Roosevelt Sheffield, Oscar Pettiford – bass; William Peeples, Joe Harris – drums.

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  • November 13, 2014

    Doodlin’ (With The Ray Charles Sextet)

    Doodlin’ (With The Ray Charles Sextet) 1st edit (Atlantic master #2227): Album: The Great Ray Charles, Atlantic 1259, August 1957.EP: Atlantic 597, November 1957, b/w Sweet Sixten Bars. See this.2nd edit (Atlantic masters #4759, 4760): Single (A. Part 1; B. Part 2): Atlantic 5005, September 1960. Recorded at the Coastal Recording Studios in New York on 26 November 1956  with […]

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  • October 25, 2014

    My Melancholy Baby (With The Ray Charles Band)

    Album: The Great Ray Charles, Atlantic 1259, August 1957. Recorded on 26 November 1956 in New York at the Coastal Recording Studios. Ray Charles – p; Joe Bridgewater, John Hunt – tp; David Newman – as, ts; Emmett Dennis – bs; William Peebles – d; Roosevelt Sheffield – b. Arranged by Ray Charles.

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  • October 15, 2014

    Sweet Sixteen Bars

    Atlantic 597. Album: The Great Ray Charles, Atlantic 1259, August 1957. EP: Atlantic 597, November 1957, b/w Doodlin’.  See this. Single (B): Atlantic 2068, July 1960, b/w Tell The Truth. A moving piano blues, composed by Ray Charles. One could call it an instrumental version of A Fool For You. Recorded on 20 November 1956 at the […]

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  • October 12, 2014

    The Ray

    Album: The Great Ray Charles, Atlantic 1259, August 1957. This instrumental was written and arranged by Quincy Jones, and recorded on 20 November 1956 in New York with Joe Bridgewater, John Hunt – tp; David Newman – as, ts; Emmett Dennis – bs; William Peeples – d; Roosevelt Sheffield – b.

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  • October 11, 2014

    There’s No You

    Album: The Great Ray Charles, Atlantic 1259, August 1957. This fine melody, written by Tom Adair, was recorded at the Coastal Recording Studios on 26 November 1956 in New York with Joe Bridgewater, John Hunt – tp; David Newman – as, ts; Emmett Dennis – bs; William Peeples – d; Roosevelt Sheffield – b. Arranged by […]

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  • October 10, 2014

    Undecided

    Album: The Great Ray Charles, Atlantic 1259, August 1957. A fine instrumental (solos by Fathead and Ray), recorded at the Coastal Recording Studios in New York on 26 November 1956 with Joe Bridgewater, John Hunt – tp; David Fathead Newman – as, ts; Emmett Dennis – bs; William Peebles – d; Roosevelt Sheffield – b. Arranged by Quincie […]

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