Vinyl Album - Ray Charles - Genius + Soul = Jazz - Impulse!

Vinyl Album

Artist:	Ray Charles
Title:	Genius + Soul = Jazz
Label:	Impulse!
Country:	USA
Catalogue:	A-2
Date:	Feb 1961
Format:	Mono LP (also Stereo LP)
Collection:	I Own It I Want It
Community:	8 Own, 1 Wants
Price Guide:	$16
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PRICE GUIDE

$16

Track	Artist	Title	Composer	Rating
A1	Ray Charles	From The Heart	Ray Charles	Rate
A2	Ray Charles	I've Got News For You	Ray Alfred	Rate
A3	Ray Charles	Moanin'	Bobby Timmons	Rate
A4	Ray Charles	Let's Go	Ray Charles	Rate
A5	Ray Charles	One Mint Julep	Rudolph Toombs	Rate
B1	Ray Charles	I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town	William Weldon, Roy Jacobs	Rate
B2	Ray Charles	Stompin' Room Only	Howard Marks	Rate
B3	Ray Charles	Mister C	Ray Charles	Rate
B4	Ray Charles	Strike Up The Band	George Gershwin	Rate
B5	Ray Charles	Birth Of The Blues	DeSylva, Brown, Henderson	8.0 Rate

Notes

Arrangements by Quincy Jones and Ralph Burns. Musicians credited on the sleeve notes: Phillip Guilbeau and Clark Terry trumpets, Frank Foster and Billy Mitchell tenor, Urbie Green trombone

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mleg56 1st Nov 2024



mleg56 1st Nov 2024		Genius + Soul = Jazz is a 1961 album by American musician Ray Charles, featuring big band arrangements by Quincy Jones and Ralph Burns. Charles is accompanied by two groups drawn from members of The Count Basie Band and from the ranks of top New York session players. It was recorded at Van Gelder Studio in two sessions on December 26 and 27, 1960 and originally released on the Impulse! label as Impulse! A–2. Charles plays the Hammond B3 organ on all tracks. Personnel: Ray Charles Hammond B-3 organ and vocals December 26, 1960 session: Tracks 1, 2, 3, 6, 8 & 9 Clark Terry, Phillip Guilbeau, Thad Jones, Joe Newman, Snooky Young (trumpet) Urbie Green, Henry Coker, Al Grey, Benny Powell (trombone) Marshall Royal, Frank Wess (alto saxophone) Frank Foster, Billy Mitchell (tenor saxophone) Charlie Fowlkes (baritone saxophone) Freddie Green (guitar) Eddie Jones (bass) Sonny Payne (drums) recorded: December 27, 1960 session: Tracks 4, 5, 6 & 10 Clark Terry, Phillip Guilbeau, Jimmy Nottingham, Joe Wilder, John Frosk (trumpet) Jimmy Cleveland, Urbie Green, Keg Johnson, George Matthews (trombone) George Dorsey, Earl Warren (alto saxophone) Budd Johnson, Seldon Powell (tenor saxophone) Haywood Henry (baritone saxophone) Sam Herman (guitar) Joe Benjamin (bass) Roy Haynes (drums) It was recorded at the Rudy Van Gelder Studio in two sessions on December 26 and 27, 1960 and originally released on the Impulse! label as Impulse! A–2.



JazzBlues 4th Mar 2019		Added images of the original issue of this "genius" album, from my shelf

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Linked Releases

UK - His Master's Voice - 1961 [Mono]

USA - Impulse! - 1961 [Stereo]

UK - Essential! - 1989 [Stereo]