Album 1976 Japan

  • November 19, 2014

    Am I Blue (1, 2)

    Am I Blue (1) Album: The Genius Of Ray Charles, Atlantic 1312, October 1959. Single (A): May 1961, Atlantic 2106 b/w It Should Have Been Me. Recorded on May 6, 1959 in New York with Bob Brookmeyer – tb; Ted Sommer – d; Allen Hanlon – g; Wendell Marshall – b; unidentified woodwinds, strings and singers. Ralph […]

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  • November 17, 2014

    Blowing The Blues Away (The Ray Charles Orchestra)

    Album: Ray Charles – Live In Japan, Crossover 535, July 1976 (1975). ’68 LC Fresno’75 LC Japan – Released’75 LC Mexico The band in Japan: Bob Coassin, Johnny Coles, Jack Evans – trumpets; Steve Davis, Wally Huff, Ken Tussing – trombones;  Ed Pratt, Clifford Solomon – alto saxophones; James Clay, Andy Ennis – tenor saxophones; […]

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  • October 16, 2014

    Spain (Ray Charles Orchestra)

    Album: Live In Japan, Crossover/London (Japan) #535/#536, July 1976. Great big band arrangement of Chick Corea’s signature composition, in a great arrangement by Alf Clausen. Solo’s on the Japan and Mexico 1975 live recordings: Jack Evans – flugelhorn, trumpet; Ed Pratt – alto saxophone. Live: ’75 LC Mexico ’85 LC Antibes ’90 LC Tokyo

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