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Genius + Soul = Jazz
CD (Item 601851) Impulse/Personal Choice (Spain), 1960 — Condition: Used
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Ray Charles — Genius + Soul = Jazz ... LP 9.99
Ray Charles — Genius + Soul = Jazz (180 gram pressing) ... LP 21.99
Ray Charles — Genius + Soul = Jazz ... LP 9.99
Ray Charles — Genius + Soul = Jazz (180 gram pressing) ... LP 21.99
A wonderful chapter in the career of Ray Charles – and a key album in helping raise his respect level a notch or two in the early 60s! We might argue with the mathematics in the title – or at least joke that Ray was using equations as titles years before Anthony Braxton – but you can't contest the fact that this one's a classic treat, and a legendary attempt to class up Ray's bluesy style for the masses. Quincy Jones and Ralph Burns handled the arrangements, and given that the record was issued by ABC a few years before they brought Ray into a country mode, it's interesting to think what might have happened had his career continued this way. There's only a small number of vocal tracks on the record, and most of the rest feature Ray at the organ, grooving away very nicely! Titles include "One Mint Julep", "Moanin", "I've Got News For You", "Mister C", and "Stompin Room Only". © 1996-2024, Dusty Groove, Inc.
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