With Ray Charles Band
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November 2, 2014
Kids Are Pretty People (The Ray Charles Orchestra)
Read moreAlbum: Jazz Number II, Tangerine 1512, January 1973. Recorded at RPM International, in December 1971. Arranged by Alf Clausen. Ray Charles – piano; Frank Szabo (lead), Tomas Cortez, Jack Walrath, Marcus Belgrave – trumpets; Mayo Tiano (lead), Jules Rowell, Glenn Childress, Dana Hughes (bass) – trombones; J. Lloyd Miller (alto, lead), James Clay (alto), David Newman […]
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November 2, 2014
La Bruja Negra (The Ray Charles Orchestra)
Read moreUnreleased. Composed by Steve Huffsteter. Filmed at La Salle Pleyel in Paris, early October 1969. Soloists: Ernest Elly – drums; Andy Ennis – tenor saxophone; and the incredible Blue Mitchell – trumpet. The full line-up: Johnny Coles, Bill King, Marshall Hunt, Blue Mitchell – trumpet; Edward Lee Comegys, Henry Coker, Glenn Childress, Joe Randazzo – trombone; Curtis […]
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October 27, 2014
Metamorphosis (The Ray Charles Orchestra)
Read moreAlbum: The Ray Charles Orchestra, My Kind Of Jazz Part 3, Crossover 9007, October 1975. Recorded with the Ray Charles Orchestra in late 1974 and early 1975 at RPM International in Los Angeles. Solos: Clifford Solomon – as; Phil Guilbeau – tp; Ernest Vantrease – p. Arranged by Roger Neumann. Johnny Coles, Jack Evans, Phil […]
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October 26, 2014
Morning Of Carnival (With The Ray Charles Orchestra)
Read moreAlbum: Jazz Number II, Tangerine 1512, January 1973-01. Recorded at RPM International, in December 1971. Arranged by Roger Neumann. Ray Charles – piano; Frank Szabo (lead), Tomas Cortez, Jack Walrath, Marcus Belgrave – trumpets; Mayo Tiano (lead), Jules Rowell, Glenn Childress, Dana Hughes (bass) – trombones; J. Lloyd Miller (alto, lead), James Clay (alto), David Newman […]
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October 26, 2014
Music, Music, Music (With The Ray Charles Band)
Read moreAlbum: The Genius After Hours; Atlantic 1369, June 1961. Recorded on 30 April 1956 in New York. Ray Charles – p; Joe Harris – d; Oscar Pettiford – b. Live: In 1962 the tune was listed in a concert souvenir brochure as being part of the band’s book, but no live recording has been made.
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October 25, 2014
My Melancholy Baby (With The Ray Charles Band)
Read moreAlbum: The Great Ray Charles, Atlantic 1259, August 1957. Recorded on 26 November 1956 in New York at the Coastal Recording Studios. Ray Charles – p; Joe Bridgewater, John Hunt – tp; David Newman – as, ts; Emmett Dennis – bs; William Peebles – d; Roosevelt Sheffield – b. Arranged by Ray Charles.
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October 24, 2014
Nothing Wrong (The Ray Charles Orchestra)
Read moreAlbum: The Ray Charles Orchestra, My Kind Of Jazz Part 3, Crossover 9007, October 1975. Recorded by the Ray Charles band in late 1974 and early 1975 at RPM International in Los Angeles: Johnny Coles, Jack Evans, Phil Guilbeau, Bob Coassin – trumpets; Ken Tussing, Glenn Childress, Steve Davis, Wally Huff – trombones; Eddie Pratt, Clifford […]
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October 22, 2014
Our Suite (With The Ray Charles Orchestra)
Read moreOriginal big band chart (for trumpet 1). Album: Jazz Number II, Tangerine 1512, January 1973. Recorded at RPM International, in December 1971. Composed by Ray Charles and Roger Neumann; arranged by the latter. Ray Charles – piano; Frank Szabo (lead), Tomas Cortez, Jack Walrath, Marcus Belgrave – trumpets; Mayo Tiano (lead), Jules Rowell, Glenn Childress, Dana […]
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October 22, 2014
Pas-Se-O-Ne Blues (With The Ray Charles Orchestra)
Read moreAlbum: My Kind Of Jazz, Tangerine 1512, April 1970. Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles, from January 1 to 10, 1970. Ray Charles – piano; J. Lloyd Miller – alto saxophone, oboe; Curtis Peagler – alto saxophone; Andy Ennis, Albert McQueen, Clifford Scott – tenor saxophone; Leroy Cooper – baritone saxophone; Bobby Bryant, Bill King, […]
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October 22, 2014
Popo (With The Ray Charles Septet)
Read moreUnreleased. Instrumental (written by Shorty Rogers)*, played twice during the concerts in Antibes in July 1961. With a nice tenor/alto battle between David Newman and Hank Crawford. Also: Phil Guilbeau, John Hunt – trumpets; Leroy Cooper – baritone saxophone; Edgar Willis – bass; Bruno Carr – drums. For Shorty’s original, hear this. * Many thanks to Jeff […]
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October 22, 2014
Project S (The Ray Charles Orchestra)
Read moreAlbum: The Ray Charles Orchestra, My Kind Of Jazz Part 3, Crossover 9007, October 1975. Ray recorded his Orchestra in late 1974 and early 1975 at RPM International in Los Angeles. Solos: James Clay, Andy Ennis – ts; Johnny Coles – flh. Arranged by Jimmy Heath. Ray didn’t play. Johnny Coles (flh), Jack Evans, Phil Guilbeau, […]
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October 21, 2014
Ray Minor Ray (Ray Charles Orchestra)
Read moreAlbum: The Ray Charles Orchestra, My Kind Of Jazz Part 3, Crossover 9007, October 1975. The album was recorded by the Ray Charles Orchestra in late 1974 and early 1975 at RPM International in Los Angeles. Ray did not play on this one. Solos: James Clay, Andy Ennis – ts; Johnny Coles, Phil Guilbeau – tp; […]