RAY CHARLES THE GREAT - GENIUS OF - RAY CHARLES AUDIOPHILE 180G 2 SEALED LP SET

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RAY CHARLES GENIUS OF RAY CHARLES & THE GREAT  RAY CHARLES - TWO 180 GRAM LIMITED EDITION AUDIOPHILE MASTERPIECES 

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Blind by age 7 and an orphan at 15, the gifted pianist and saxophonist spent his life shattering any notion of musical categories and defying easy definition. One of the first artists to record the “blasphemous idea of taking gospel songs and putting the devil’s words to them,” as legendary producer Jerry Wexler once said, Charles’ music spanned soul, rock ’n’ roll, R&B, country, jazz, big band and blues.<?xml:namespace prefix = "o" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

He put his stamp on it all with a deep, warm voice roughened by heartbreak from a hardscrabble childhood in the segregated South. Smiling and swaying behind the piano, grunts and moans peppering his songs, Charles’ appeal spanned generations.

  
THE GENIUS OF RAY CHARLES - Mastered from the original analog tapes and pressed at RTI!

Audiophile 180-gram vinyl edition of the legend's classic 1959 Grammy-winning LP.

The Genius of Ray Charles saw the 'genius' emerge from rhythm and blues and onto a broader musical stage. His performance of "Come Rain or Come Shine" brought attention to his voice without the distractions of the piano. The album features "Let the Good Times Roll" and "It Had To Be You".

"Charles spent the fifties working hard to pioneer his own sound, fusing jazz, gospel and the blues into a new soul style that changed American music. But here he relaxes: Genius is easy — swinging pop, featuring big-band accompaniment. When he sings "Am I Blue?" the only answer is "Hell, yeah!" - rollingstone

Features:
• 180g Vinyl
• Pressed at RTI
• Mastered from original analog tapes

Musicians:
Tracks 1-6:
Ray Charles, piano and vocals
Clark Terry, Ernie Royal, Joe Newman, Snookie Young, Marcus Belgrave, John Hunt, trumpets
Melba Liston, Quentin Jackson, Thomas Mitchell, Al Gray, trombones
Frank Wess, flute, alto saxophone and tenor saxophone
Marshall Royal, alto sax
Paul Gonsalves, tenor sax (solo on 7)
Zoot Sims, tenor sax (2, 6, 11)
Billy Mitchell, tenor sax (4, 7, 9)
David "Fathead" Newman, tenor sax (solos on 2, 9, 11)
Quincy Jones, arranger, conductor
Tracks 7-12:
Ray Charles, piano and vocals
Allen Hanlon, guitar
Wendell Marshall, bass
Ted Sommer, drums
Bob Brookmeyer, valve trombone
Harry Lookofsky, concertmaster
Ralph Burns, arranger

Selections:
1. Let the Good Times Roll
2. It Had To Be You
3. Alexander's Ragtime Band
4. Two Years of Torture
5. When Your Lover Has Gone
6. 'Deed I Do
7. Just for a Thrill
8. You Won't Let Me Go
9. Tell Me You'll Wait For Me
10. Don't Let the Sun Catch You Cryin'
11. Am I Blue
12. Come Rain or Come Shine

RAY CHARLES THE GREAT RAY CHARLES 180 Gram Vinyl Cut from the Original Analog Masters by Doug Sax at The Mastering Lab!

The Genius' GRAMMY®-Winning 1959 album masterpiece sounds simply brilliant on Rhino's 180-Gram 50th Anniversary vinyl edition of an all-time Atlantic Records' classic!

Ray Charles paved the way for the genre of soul music in the 1950s by combining rhythm & blues, gospel and blues styles. In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked Ray number 10 on their list of "The 100 Greatest Artists of All Time" and was voted number 2 on their list of "The 100 Greatest Singers of All Time" in November 2008.

"Some of Ray's greatest moments - deep soul-satisfying jazz of the highest order." - David Ritz, coauthor of Brother Ray: The Autobiography Of Ray Charles

"This instrumental jazz album, released in the same year [as his debut, 1957], avoids the signature Ray Charles R&B sound and instead highlights his chameleon gifts as a pianist, running the gamut from swing to small combo blues to Art Tatum-influenced showpieces." - Greg Cahill, The Absolute Sound, October 2010, Issue 206

Features:
• HQ-180 Premium 180 Gram Vinyl Pressing
• Pressed at R.T.I. (Record Technologies, Inc.)
• LPs Cut from the Original Analog Masters
• Lacquers Cut by Doug Sax at The Mastering Lab
• Packages Replicated to the Finest Detail
• Manufactured with More Care Than Ever!

Musicians:
Ray Charles, piano
David Newman, alto sax or tenor sax
Emmott Dennis, baritone sax
Joseph Bridgewater, trumpet
John Hunt, trumpet
Roosevelt Sheffield, bass
William Peeples, drums
Oscar Pettiford, bass
Joe Harris, drums

Selections:
1. The Ray
2. My Melancholy Baby
3. Black Coffee
4. There's No You
5. Doodlin'
6. Sweet Sixteen Bars
7. I Surrender Dear
8. Undecided

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