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Blues + Jazz (Box Set) (CD)

By: Ray Charles (Artist)

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DISC 1 for Blues + Jazz (Box Set) (CD) Album By Ray Charles (Artist)
1   Someday
2   Sun's Gonna Shine Again, The
3   Midnight Hour, The
4   Worried Life Blues
5   Low Society
6   Losing Hand
7   Sinner's Prayer
8   Funny (But I Still Love You)
9   Feelin' Sad
10   I Wonder Who
11   Nobody Cares
12   Ray's Blues
13   Mr. Charles' Blues
14   Blackjack
15   Come Back
16   Fool For You, A
17   Hard Times (No One Knows Better Than I)
18   Drown In My Own Tears
19   What Would I Do Without You
20   I Want A Little Girl
21   Early In The Mornin'
22   Right Time, (Night Time Is) The
23   Two Years Of Torture
24   I Believe To My Soul
 
DISC 2 for Blues + Jazz (Box Set) (CD) Album By Ray Charles (Artist)
1   Man I Love, The
2   Music, Music, Music
3   I Surrender Dear
4   Hornful Soul
5   Ain't Misbehavin'
6   Doodlin'
7   Sweet Sixteen Bars
8   Undecided
9   Rockhouse, Parts 1 & 2
10   X-Ray Blues - (with Milt Jackson)
11   Love On My Mind - (with Milt Jackson)
12   Fathead - (with David Newman)
13   Bill For Bennie - (with David "Fathead" Newman)
14   Hard Times - (with David "Fathead" Newman)
15   Willow Weep For Me - (with David "Fathead" Newman)
16   Spirit-Feel, The
 

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Title Note

BLUES + JAZZ features 40 tracks recorded between 1950 and 1959. This release also includes a 34-page booklet with a discography, historic photographs and liner notes by Billy Vera.

Personnel includes: Ray Charles (vocals, piano, electric piano); Margie Hendrix (vocals); Louis Speiginer, Wesley Jackson, Freddie Green, Mickey Baker (guitar); Paul West, Edgar Willis, Roosevelt Sheffield, Billy Hadnott, Oscar Pettiford, Percy Heath (bass); Glenn Brooks, Oscar Moore, Milt Turner, Connie Kay, Rudy Pitts, Art Taylor, Charlie Persip, Panama Francis (drums); Candido Camero, Mongo Santamaria (congas); The Raeletts, The Cookies (background vocals).

Producers include: Ahmet Ertegun, Herb Abramson, Jerry Wexler, Nesuhi Ertegun, Zenas Sears.

Compilation producer: Billy Vera.

Comprising sides recorded between 1950 and 1959, BLUES + JAZZ shows the affinity Ray Charles had early in his career for the idioms that helped make up the bedrock of American pop music. Charles' musical range throughout these two discs inspires awe. He mixes swinging horn arrangements with a sanctified stride-piano approach reminiscent of James P. Johnson and a soulful vocal style that consistently hits the hot button of emotion. The influence of such pianists as Charles Brown and Nat "King" Cole can be heard on earlier numbers like "Someday" and "Funny (But I Still Love You)." Brother Ray's reputation as a crack pianist led to sessions backing up Lowell Fulson and Guitar Slim. Oftentimes, he'd end up covering their songs. Slim's "Feelin' Sad" and Fulson's "Low Society" are both featured here.

Charles' jazz chops are also solid. As a result, he has surrounded himself with such talented sideman as David Newman, Hank Crawford, and Milt Jackson. Brother Ray's forays into jazz are as varied as his blues or soul excursions, and BLUES + JAZZ's includes interpretations ranging from Bing Crosby ("I Surrender Dear") and Teresa Brewer ("Music, Music, Music") to Horace Silver ("Doodlin'") and Fats Waller ("Ain't Misbehavin'").

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