Ray Charles - Genius + Soul = Jazz [CD]

20TH CENTURY MASTERWORKS

£8.26

Cat. no: 170058
Format: CD
Barcode: 8436563183928
Release Date: 18 Feb 2022
Genre: Jazz

Ray Charles' iconic 'Genius + Soul = Jazz' (Impulse) plus the bonus album 'The Genius Of Ray Charles' (Atlantic), includes 20-page booklet with new specially prepared liner notes by Penguin Guide to Jazz's writer Brian Morton and by Paris' prestigious Jazz Magazine

"This album finds Ray Charles working with the Basie orchestra and with Quincy Jones and Ralph Burns as arrangers, a partnership perfectly aligned to give the session both maximum creative integrity and maximum audience appeal." - Penguin Guide To Jazz

"Within this galvanizing orchestra of phenomenal energy and dazzling sound in every sense, The Genius' voice and organ find a greater force than ever." - Jazz Magazine

CD Tracks: From The Heart / I’ve Got News For You / Moanin’ / Let’s Go / OneMint Julep / I’m Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town / Stompi n’ Room Only / Mister C / Strike Up The Band / Birth Of The Blues / Let The Good Times Roll / It Had To Be You / Alexander’s Ragtime Band / Two Years Of Torture / When Your Lover Has Gone / Deed I Do / Just For A Thrill / You Won’t Let Me Go / Tell Me You’ll Wait For Me / Don’t Let The Sun Catch You Cryin’ / Am I Blue / Come Rain Or Come Shine