Album 1958 Newport

  • November 20, 2014

    A Fool For You

    Single (A): Atlantic 1063, June 1955, b/w This Little Girl Of Mine.Compilation: Ray Charles, Atlantic 8006, June 1957. 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. One could call Sweet Sixteen Bars an instrumental […]

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  • November 17, 2014

    Blues Waltz (With The Ray Charles Sextet)

    Album: Ray Charles At Newport, Atlantic 1289, October 1958. David Newman – tenor saxophone; Hank Crawford – baritone saxophone; Marcus Belgrave, Lee Harper – trumpet; Edgar Willis – bass; Richie Goldberg – drums. Update 27.01.2021: some video of this performance is no longer available on YouTube, please let me know in the comments below if you […]

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  • November 8, 2014

    Hot Rod (aka The Spirit-Feel) (With The Ray Charles Septet)

    Album: Ray Charles At Newport, Atlantic 1289, October 1958.Album: Ray Charles In Person, Atlantic 8039, May 1960 (1959). The tune, written by Milt Jackson, is only known from the two earliest released live concerts in Newport (1958) and Atlanta (1959). 1958 line-up:Ray Charles – voice, piano, alto saxophone; Marcus Belgrave, Lee Harper – trumpets; David Fathead Newman – […]

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  • November 4, 2014

    In A Little Spanish Town (With The Ray Charles Septet)

    Album: Ray Charles At Newport, Atlantic 1289, October 1958.Single (B) [edited version]: Atlantic 2239, June 1964 b/w Talkin’ ‘Bout You. The tune is only known from two live recordings. The Newport 1958 version of course made it to the album, but also to a heavily edited single release. The line-up in Newport was: David Newman – tenor […]

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  • November 3, 2014

    I’ve Got A Woman (aka I Got A Woman, I Gotta Woman)

    Single (A): Atlantic 1050, December 1954 b/w Come Back Baby.Compilation album: Ray Charles, Atlantic 8006, June 1957.Live single with 1964 Shrine version (A: Part 1/B: Part 2) ABC 10649, March 1965. Charles told that he performed the song for about a year before he recorded it in Atlanta at the studio of Georgia Tech radio station WGST on […]

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  • October 19, 2014

    Sherry (aka Sherri) (With The Ray Charles Orchestra)

    Album: Ray Charles At Newport, Atlantic 1289, October 1958. Original tune by Hank Crawford. Ray Charles – piano; Marcus Belgrave, Lee Harper – trumpets; David Newman – tenor saxophone; Hank Crawford – baritone saxophone; Edgar Willis – bass; Richie Goldberg – drums. 1958 Live: In 1962 Crawford recorded it again – this time in the Atlantic studio […]

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  • October 14, 2014

    Talkin’ ‘Bout You

    July ’64 (Newport ’58). January ’58(studio). Single (A): Atlantic 1172, January 1958, b/w What Kind Of Man Are You. Single (A): Atlantic 2239, July 1964, b/w In A Little Spanish Town. Album: Yes Indeed, Atlantic 8025, October 1958. The studio version was recorded on 28 May 1957 in New York with Joe Bridgewater, Ricky Harper – […]

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  • October 12, 2014

    The Right Time (Night Time Is –) (With Margie Hendricks)

    Single (B): Atlantic 2010, November 1958 b/w Tell All The World About You. Compilation album: The Genius Sings The Blues, Atlantic 8052, September 1961 (1952 – 1959). Recorded on 28 October 1958 in New York with Marcus Belgrave, John Hunt – tp; David Newman – ts; Hank Crawford – bs; Teagle Fleming – d; Edgar Willis – […]

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