With Milt Jackson

  • November 17, 2014

    Bags Of Blues (With Milt Jackson)

    Album: Soul Meeting, Atlantic 1360, February 1961 (1957 – 1958). Recorded on September 12, 1957 in New York. Milt Jackson – vibraharp; Ray Charles – piano; Billy Mitchell – tenor saxophone; Oscar Pettiford – bass; Connie Kaye – drums.

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  • November 17, 2014

    Blue Funk (With Milt Jackson)

    Album: Soul Brothers, Atlantic 1279, June 1958. Recorded on September 12, 1957, in New York. Milt Jackson – vibraharp; Ray Charles – piano; Skeeter Best – guitar; Oscar Pettiford – bass; Connie Kaye – drums.Two other takes remain unissued; see this (or was this just an edit in 2 parts?).

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  • November 17, 2014

    Blue Genius (With Milt Jackson)

    Album: Soul Meeting, Atlantic 1360, February 1961 (1957 – 1958). Taped in New York City on April 10, 1958. Milt Jackson – vibraharp; Ray Charles – piano; Kenny Burrell – guitar; Percy Heath – bass; Art Taylor – drums.

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  • November 15, 2014

    Cosmic Ray (aka Cosmic Blues) (With Milt Jackson)

    Album: Soul Brothers, Atlantic 1279, June 1958. Recorded on September 12, 1957 in New York City. Milt Jackson – vibraharp; Ray Charles – piano; Billy Mitchell – tenor saxophone; Skeeter Best – guitar; Oscar Pettiford – bass; Connie Kaye – drums. Update 01.02.2021: the video of this performance is no longer available on YouTube, please let […]

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  • November 14, 2014

    ‘Deed I Do (With Milt Jackson)

    Album: Soul Brothers, Atlantic 1279, June 1958. Recorded in New York City on September 12, 1957. Milt Jackson – vibraharp; Ray Charles – piano; Billy Mitchell – tenor saxophone; Skeeter Best – guitar; Oscar Pettiford – bass; Connie Kaye – drums. Update 01.02.2021: the video of this performance is no longer available on YouTube, please let […]

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  • November 10, 2014

    Hallelujah I Love Her So (With Milt Jackson)

    Album: Soul Meeting, Atlantic 1360, February 1961 (1957 – 1958). Recorded on April 10th, 1958 at the Atlantic Studio in New York City. Milt Jackson – vibraphone; Ray Charles – piano; Kenny Burrell – guitar; Percy Heath – bass; Art Taylor – drums. Update 10.02.2021: the video of this performance is no longer available on YouTube, […]

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  • November 8, 2014

    How Long Blues (aka How Long) (With Milt Jackson)

    Album: Soul Brothers, Atlantic 1279, June 1958. Recorded in New York on 12 September 1957. How Long Blues is the most extended example of Ray’s sax playing on record. Milt Jackson – vibraharp, (during Ray’s sax chorus and Pettiford’s 1st bass chorus:) piano; Ray Charles – alto saxophone, piano; Billy Mitchell – tenor saxophone; Skeeter Best […]

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  • November 6, 2014

    If I Should Lose You (With Milt Jackson)

    Unreleased. Recorded on 12 September 1957. Cf. this.

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  • November 4, 2014

    I’m Just A Lucky So And So (With Milt Jackson)

    Unreleased. The Duke Ellington composition, recorded on 10 April 1958, at the Atlantic Studio in New York, but never issued (cf. this).

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  • October 29, 2014

    Love On My Mind (With Milt Jackson)

    Album: Soul Meeting, Atlantic 1360, February 1961 (1957 – 1958). Recorded on April 10, 1958 at the Atlantic Studio in New York City. Milt Jackson – vibraharp; Ray Charles – piano; Kenny Burrell – guitar; Percy Heath – bass; Art Taylor – drums. Update 14.02.2021: the video of this performance is no longer available on YouTube, […]

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  • October 20, 2014

    Save The Bones For Henry Jones (With Lou Rawls And Milt Jackson)

    Album: Just Between Us, Columbia 40703, September 1988. Recorded at RPM International in the first week of 1988. With uncredited members of the Ray Charles Orchestra (i.e. Mark Curry, Jeff Helgesen, Ted Murdock, Jeff Kaye – trumpets; Mike Christianson, Armin Marmolejo, Steve Sigmund, Charlie Schofner – trombones; Al Jackson, Chris Lega, Ricky Woodard, Rudy Johnson, Leroy Cooper – […]

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  • October 16, 2014

    Soul Brothers (With Milt Jackson)

    Album: Soul Brothers, Atlantic 1279, June 1958. Recorded on September 12, 1957 in New York City. Milt Jackson – piano; Ray Charles – alto saxophone; Billy Mitchell – tenor saxophone; Skeeter Best – guitar; Oscar Pettiford – bass; Connie Kaye – drums.

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