Unreleased
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November 17, 2014
Bill (The Ray Charles Orchestra)
Read moreUnreleased. Unfortunately, this Onzy Matthews composition was only captured once, on an ‘audience tape’… You can listen to it here (track #3). Chuck Parrish, Jeff Helgesen, Ted Murdock, Jeff Kaye – trumpets; Armin Marmolejo, Steve Sigmund, James Romanek, Charlie Shofner – trombones; Chris Lega, Al Jackson, Mike Karn, Rudy Johnson, Scott Frillman – saxophones; Jeff Ballard – […]
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November 17, 2014
Blue Stone (The Ray Charles Septet)
Read moreUnreleased. The Ray Charles ‘Septet’ had recorded this tune in October 1960 for Hank Crawford’s album Soul Clinic (Atlantic SD 1372, 1962).As a “Band Within The Band” they (John Hunt, Phil Guilbeau, Hank Crawford, David Fathead Newman, Leroy Cooper, Edgar Willis, and only Bruno Carr replacing Milt Turner on drums) were taped live three times during the […]
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November 17, 2014
Blues (With Marian McPartland)
Read moreUnreleased. Played during the Piano Jazz episode on January 9, 1990, taped at the Manhattan Beach Studios in New York. You can listen to it here (the improvisation before Things Ain’t What They Used To Be).
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November 17, 2014
Blues For Nya Nya (The Ray Charles Orchestra)
Read moreUnreleased. The tune was penned by Gerald Wilson (for his pet cat). Only one live recording seems to have survived, performed at the Jazz à Juan festival in July 1985, taped for a radio broadcast. Live:’85 LC Antibes
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November 16, 2014
C Jam Blues
Read moreUnreleased. Recorded at the Thanksgiving Jazz night on 29 November 1957, at Carnegie Hall in New York City. With a title like this it can of course refer to anything, but I think there’s a good chance that Ray and his sextet shared their take on the Duke Ellington composition a.k.a. Duke’s Place. With David Newman – tenor […]
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November 16, 2014
Captain Perfect (The Ray Charles Orchestra)
Read moreUnreleased. Band instrumental penned by Alf Clausen. Madrid personnel: Jeff Conrad, Bob Coassin, Phil Guilbeau, Jack Evans – trumpets; Wally Huff, Ken Tussing, Glen (Champ) Childress, Steve Davis – trombones; Andy Ennis, Clifford Solomon, Ed Pratt, James Clay – saxophones; Leroy Cooper – baritone saxophone, band leader; John Bryant – drums; Joe Harris – bass; Tony […]
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November 15, 2014
Chain Of Fools (With The Raelettes, Ft Estella Yarbrough)
Read moreUnreleased. The first known recording at the Fillmore East in New York City on April 18, 1970 may well have been the best. Estella claimed the tune from the beginning until the end. .Ray Charles – piano; Blue Mitchell, Bill King, Herbie Anderson, Marshall Hunt – trumpets; Joe Randazzo, Henry Coker, Glenn Childress, Fred Murell – trombones; […]
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November 15, 2014
Cookin’ In Style
Read moreUnreleased (lost master). Ray recorded this Percy Mayfield tune during the first fall session of 1965 at RPM in Los Angeles, but Tangerine master #239 no longer exists…
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November 15, 2014
Cross The Road Jack (Jingle)
Read moreUnreleased. In 1989 Kentucky Fried Chicken ran a tv commercial with the theme Cross The Road, sung by Ray, and of course spoofed from Hit The Road Jack. Source here.
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November 14, 2014
Curiosity
Read moreUnreleased. Brother Ray sang the theme song of the CBS-TV series Snoops, from 1989. There are a few soundbites in this video: it sounds like a duet (but also as something that has been edited as such later, by an amateur). Who knows more about the ‘duet partner’? In this leader Ray – solo – sounds much better:
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November 14, 2014
Dancing In The Dark (With The Ray Charles Sextet)
Read moreUnreleased. No doubt the Howard Dietz/Arthur Schwartz tune, played during the Thanksgiving Jazz show at Carnegie Hall on November 29, 1957. But did Ray choose an instrumental or a sung version? The recording has, unfortunately, still not been released. With Ray Charles – piano (and vocals?); David Newman – tenor sax; Leroy Cooper – baritone […]
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November 14, 2014
Dat Dere (The Ray Charles Orchestra, Ft Hank Crawford)
Read moreUnreleased. Hank Crawford had released this Bobby Timmons tune with the Ray Charles ‘septet’ in 1960 for his More Soul album. The same ‘band within the band’ (only with Bruno Carr for Milt Turner) played it twice in Paris, in October 1961: Phil Guilbeau- tp; Johm Hunt – flh; Hank Crawford – as (solo); David Fathead Newman – […]