Unreleased

  • October 9, 2014

    Untitled Jazz Jam (With Johnny Mann Band And Ray Brown Trio)

    Unreleased. When Ray guested in the Joey Bishop Show on February 20, 1969, he was – to his obvious pleasant surprise – lured into a great jazz jam with the Johnny Mann band and the Ray Brown Trio.

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  • October 9, 2014

    Viewpoint (The Ray Charles Orchestra)

    Unreleased. Photo by Rahav Segev. The tune was composed, and arranged for the band, by Steve Turre. It was recorded twice, first in Antibes in 1992, then during the first concert on 8 September 1995 at Tramps in New York. ’92 LC Antibes ’95 LC Tramps

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  • October 9, 2014

    Volare (aka Nel Blù Dipinto Di Blù)

    Unreleased. On 14 November 1999 Ray assisted guitarist Alex Britti in a performance of Volare (correct full title: Nel Blù Dipinto Di Blù), the ‘anthem’ of the San Remo songfestival.

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  • October 9, 2014

    Wave (The Ray Charles Orchestra)

    Unreleased. This famous melody composed by Antonio Carlos Jobim was arranged for the band by James Polk. Three live recordings have survived. Live: ‘83 LC Antibes ‘85 LC Antibes – 2x ’86 LC Lugano

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  • October 9, 2014

    Wee Baby Blues

    Unreleased. Ray gave this tune a sloooooow performance during a concert in Stockholm on 2 October 1973. John Henderson on piano, Ray on electric piano. I assume the guitar solo was played by Harvey Sarch (who doesn’t remember that, though). In 1957 Ray had contributed to a recording of the song by Big Joe Turner.

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  • October 9, 2014

    What Kind Of Man Is This (With James Cleveland)

    Unreleased. This was a brief pre-taped segment of the TV show Ray Charles – A Man And His Soul, with Jimmy Cleveland and Ray Charles playing one piano, produced in the early summer of 1983. Watch it here (and this for the 1955 original). Ray played the song with a big choir, at the Ray Charles Celebrates A […]

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  • October 8, 2014

    Whisper Not (The Ray Charles Orchestra)

    Not released. This instrumental, composed by Bennie Golson, was performed twice (concerts B and C) during the series in October 1961 in Paris. Golson’s account of writing the piece is that “I wrote it in Boston at George Wein’s Storyville club when I was with Dizzy Gillespie’s big band. I wrote that tune in 20 […]

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  • October 8, 2014

    Will The Circle Be Unbroken (With The Carter Family, Waylon Jennings A.O.)

    Unreleased. On November 29, 1979, Ray Charles guested in The Unbroken Circle – A Tribute to Mother Maybelle Carter – taped in Nashville, Kalispell, Lake Tahoe and other places.

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  • October 8, 2014

    Willie The Weeper (With George Burns, Ray Charles On Piano)

    Unreleased. In the Joey Bishop Show of  March 26, 1968, Ray accompanied George Burns a bit on 2 tunes. Burns’ performance was part of a not-so-funny stand-up; Charles had a minor role, both talking and playing the piano.

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  • October 7, 2014

    Woody ‘n’ Bu (Ray Charles Orchestra)

    Not released. This instrumental was written by trombonist Steve Turre, who had played in Ray’s band in 1972, and later involved The Genius as a side man in his album In The Spur Of The Moment (1999). The audio quality of the file that survived from the Warsaw gig in 1984 is better than the video’s. ’84 LC Warsaw (track […]

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  • October 7, 2014

    Wrinkled, Crinkled, Wadded Dollar Bill (By Johnny Cash, Ray Charles On Piano)

    Not released. Part of a mash-up with Them That Got and Busted. Played in the first week of February 1970, in Nashville, during the taping of the Johnny Cash Show that aired on 11 February (Season 1, Episode 19).

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  • October 6, 2014

    Zip A Dee Do Dah

    Not released in any form. The tune comes from the 1946 Disney film Song Of The South. Music by Allie Wrubel, lyrics by Ray Gilbert. Live: ’63 TV Shore (with Dinah Shore, Liberace, Peter Nero and Big Tiny Little) ’78 TV Disney

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