With Ray Charles Band
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October 15, 2014
Straight Ahead And Strive For Tone (Ray Charles Orchestra)
Read moreUnreleased. An orchestra piece penned by Roger Neumann. Live: ’81 LC Rome – Partial ’84 LC Warsaw Warsaw 1984:
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October 15, 2014
Straight No Chaser (With The Ray Charles Orchestra)
Read moreUnreleased. Ray Charles put this Thelonious Monk tune at the end of his setlist in all 4 concerts that I know of. The last performance (Melbourne 2003, in a quartet setting) was the most memorable one. Live: ’69 LC Paris ’76 LC Antibes ’99 LC Marciac 03 LC Melbourne
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October 15, 2014
Strike Up The Band
Read moreAlbum: Genius + Soul = Jazz, Impulse 2, February 1961. Recorded at the Van Gelder Studios in Englewood Cliffs, on 26 and 27 December 1960. Ray Charles on Hammond, trumpet by Phil Guilbeau. Arranged by Quincy Jones. Follow the album link above for further details. Live: ”62 LC Berlin – Released
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October 15, 2014
Swing A Little Taste (With The Ray Charles Orchestra)
Read moreAlbum: Ray Charles Live In Concert, ABC/Paramount 500, January 1965. Ray and the band never recorded this great instrumental in the studio studio. The tune was written by Julian Priester (who, oddly, seems to have missed the two recordings during his stay at the band, in 1964 – the one in the UK taped several months […]
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October 14, 2014
Tears Inside (With The Ray Charles Orchestra)
Read moreAlbum: Blues Connotation, Jazz Birdies Of Paradise, J-Bop 052, S.a. (taped on 9 October 1971 in Torino). The tune was penned by Ornette Coleman. “Blues Connotation”, the title chosen for the (bootleg) CD, and there also quoted as the title for this track, is from another, much better known Coleman composition. Ray Charles – p; Marcus […]
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October 12, 2014
The Preacher (With The Ray Charles Quartet)
Read moreUnreleased. In February 2003 Ray Charles opened his concert in Melbourne with this Horrace Silver tune. He was accompanied by Turre on drums, Tom Fowler on bass, Brad Rabuchin on guitar and Jean Michel-Bernard on Hammond.
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October 12, 2014
The Sandblaster (The Ray Charles Orchestra)
Read moreUnreleased. This theme, written by Roger Neumann*, was played for many decades every time that Ray Charles entered the stage.** The audience-tape of the San Carlos concert in 1971 captured one of the few known full versions. Ray Charles – piano; the line-up of the band must have been very similar to the known personnel of the October 1971 […]
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October 12, 2014
The Shadow Of Your Smile (The Ray Charles Orchestra)
Read moreUnreleased. The Johnny Mandel tune, in a robust arrangement for big band, penned by Steve Huffsteter. Live: ’69 LC Paris ’84 LC Ithaca ’90 LC ArtPark ’90 LC Antibes ’94 LC ValleyForge 02 LC Pasadena
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October 12, 2014
The Story (With Ray Charles Septet)
Read moreCompilation album (DVD): Pure Genius: The Complete Atlantic Recordings, Atlantic/WEA, 20 September 2005. The tune was written by tenor saxophonist James Moody and arranged by Ray Charles. The small band first played it at the 1960 Newport Festival. Hank Crawford played it on his first album, More Soul, played with the small band ex Ray. In 1961 […]
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October 12, 2014
The Team (Ray Charles Orchestra)
Read moreUnreleased. There may be a studio-recorded version from 1978 in the vaults of the Ray Charles Foundation (see below). The tune was first recorded during the 2 p.m. (televized) concert at the Warsaw Jamboree on October 27, 1984. Composed by trumpet player Tim Ouimette, who played in the Ray Charles Orchestra between 1978 and 1980. Ouimette […]
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October 11, 2014
The Time Is Right (The Ray Charles Orchestra)
Read moreReleased with the semi-bootleg 2-CD Ray Charles In Concert [at the Warsaw Jazz Jamboree 1984], S.l., S.a. Another (superior) audio was shared here. Performed at the 8 p.m. show on 27 October 1984 at the Warsaw Jamboree. Clifford Solomon took the sax solo. The chart was penned by Roger Neumann. With Robbie Kwock, Mark Curry, Jim Seely, Jeff Kaye […]
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October 10, 2014
This Here (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. They knew it from the road. With uncredited band members, but the best possible reconstruction – with some uncertainties – is: Bobby Bryant, Bill King, Marshall Hunt, Blue Mitchell – trumpets; Glen Childress, Henry […]