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Genius Loves Company (Digipak) (CD)

By: Ray Charles (Artist)

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Ray Charles Artist Snapshot:

There are few musicians in modern pop music who can truly be called "genius," but in the case of Ray Charles, the term applies. His innovative singing, drawing on both gospel and pop, has inspired legions of great singers. With a long, prolific recording career that began in 1949, Charles became perhaps the finest interpreter of pop music in the postwar years. A gifted pianist, songwriter, and vocalist, he was a master of every style he attempted, be it R&B, country, blues, or soul. The man who wrote such indelible R&B classics as "I Got a Woman" and "What'd I Say" passed away in 2004, a legend several times over. The same year, a remarkable performance by Jamie Foxx in the biopic RAY served as a fitting cinematic eulogy.

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DISC 1 for Genius Loves Company (Digipak) (CD) Album By Ray Charles (Artist)
1   Here We Go Again - (featuring Norah Jones)
2   Sweet Potato Pie - (featuring James Taylor)
3   You Don't Know Me - (featuring Diana Krall)
4   Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word - (featuring Elton John)
5   Fever - (featuring Natalie Cole)
6   Do I Ever Cross Your Mind? - (featuring Bonnie Raitt)
7   It Was A Very Good Year - (featuring Willie Nelson)
8   Hey Girl - (featuring Michael McDonald)
9   Sinner's Prayer - (featuring B.B. King)
10   Heaven Help Us All - (featuring Gladys Knight)
11   Over The Rainbow - (featuring Johnny Mathis)
12   Crazy Love - (live, featuring Van Morrison)
 

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Review

Rolling Stone (p.141) - Included in Rolling Stone's Top 50 Records Of 2004 - "A bittersweet duets record....[The album] features the veteran soul innovator crooning sweetly on several decades of standards..."
Down Beat (p.66) - 3 stars out of 5 - "[G]entle pacing helps the encounters feel unforced and palpably intimate..."
Living Blues (pp.48-50) - "Charles himself is in fine, typically elastic voice throughout."
Mojo (Publisher) (p.116) - 4 stars out of 5 - "Thankfully, nobody disappoints."

Title Note

This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files.

Personnel include: Ray Charles (vocals, piano); B.B. King, Willie Nelson (vocals, guitar); Bonnie Raitt (vocals, slide guitar); Norah Jones (vocals, piano); Michael McDonald (vocals, keyboards); Diana Krall, Elton John, James Taylor , Johnny Mathis, Van Morrison, Natalie Cole, Gladys Knight (vocals); Danny Jacob, George Marinelli, Jeff Mironov, Michael Landau, Michael Thompson , George Doering, Charles Fearing, Irv Kramer (guitar); Randy Waldman (piano, keyboards); Alan Pasqua (piano); Billy Preston (Hammond b-3 organ); Michael Beardon (keyboards); David Hayes, Abraham Laboriel, Trey Henry, Tom Fowler (bass guitar); James Gadson, Jim Keltner, Ray Brinker, Shawn Pelton (drums); Bashiri Johnson (percussion).

Recording information: 2003.

Though Ray Charles, one of the greatest singers of the 20th century, was never in need of vocal assistance, he was no stranger to duets either (one of his finest records is a duet album with Betty Carter). For as much of a musical giant as he was, Brother Ray knew how to share the spotlight, as evidenced by GENIUS LOVES COMPANY, his final project before his 2004 passing. In keeping with the eclectic nature of Charles's artistry, he partners with a wide assortment of performers here.

Charles is joined by Elton John on a soulful exploration of the latter's "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word," and sidles up next to Willie Nelson for a haunting version of the Frank Sinatra hit "It Was a Very Good Year," made all the more poignant in retrospect by its posthumous nature. Of course, it's not all bittersweet melancholy; Charles teams with Van Morrison for a jubilant soul/gospel reading of Van's MOONDANCE tune "Crazy Love," and the duet with James Taylor on the upbeat "Sweet Potato Pie" is probably the sassiest, perkiest thing in which Taylor's ever been involved. GENIUS LOVES COMPANY is a swan song that fittingly finds the titular genius surrounded by friends from varied musical worlds, all of whom he's touched with his rare gift.

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