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Sonny Stitt: Personal Appearance

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In June 1957, “Verve” label released “Personal Appearance”, the twelve Sonny Stitt album. It was recorded in May 1957, and was produced by Norman Granz.

Personnel:

  • Sonny Stitt – alto and tenor saxophone
  • Bobby Timmons – piano
  • Edgar Willis – bass
  • Kenny Dennis – drums

Track listing:

  1. You’d Be So Easy to Love – Cole Porter
  2. Easy Living – Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin
  3. Autumn in New York – Vernon Duke
  4. You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To – Cole Porter
  5. For Some Friends – Sonny Stitt
  6. I Never Knew – Ted Fio Rito, Gus Kahn
  7. Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea – Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler
  8. East of the Sun (and West of the Moon) – Brooks Bowman
  9. Original? – Sonny Stitt
  10. Avalon – Buddy DeSylva, Al Jolson, Vincent Rose
  11. Blues Greasy – Sonny Stitt

Ray Charles: Live In Concert

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In January 1965, “ABC” label released “Live in Concert”, album by Ray Charles. It was recorded in September 1964, at “Shrine Auditorium” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Sid Feller.

Personnel:

  • Ray Charles – vocals, piano, Hammond organ
  • Don Peake – guitar
  • Edgar Willis – bass
  • Wilbert Hogan – drums
  • Bennie “Hank” Crawford – alto saxophone
  • William “Buddy” Pearson – alto saxophone, flute
  • David “Fathead” Newman – tenor saxophone
  • Leroy “Hog” Cooper – baritone saxophone
  • Oliver Beener – trumpet
  • Wallace Davenport – trumpet
  • Philip Guilbeau – trumpet
  • John Hunt – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Henderson Chambers – trombone
  • James Harbert – trombone
  • Frederic “Keg” Johnson – trombone
  • Julian Priester – trombone
  • The Raelettes (Gwen Berry, Lillian Forte, Pat Lyle, Darlene MacRae) -backing vocals
  • Wally Heider – engineer, recording
  • Ray Hearne – photography

Track listing:

  1. Opening
  2. Swing A Little Taste – Julian Priester
  3. I Got a Woman – Ray Charles, Renald Richard
  4. Margie – Con Conrad, Davis, J. Russel Robinson
  5. You Don’t Know Me – Eddy Arnold, Cindy Walker
  6. Hide nor Hair – Percy Mayfield
  7. Baby, Don’t You Cry – Buddy Johnson, Ned Washington
  8. Makin’ Whoopee – Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn
  9. Hallelujah I Love Her So – Ray Charles
  10. Don’t Set Me Free – Agnes Jones, Freddy James
  11. What’d I Say – Ray Charles
  12. Finale

Ray Charles And Betty Carter: Ray Charles And Betty Carter

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In August 1961, “ABC” label released “Ray Charles and Betty Carter”, album by Ray Charles and Betty Carter. It was recorded August 1960 – June 1961, at “Radio Recorders” in Hollywood, and was produced by Sid Feller.

Personnel:

  • Betty Carter – vocals
  • Ray Charles – vocals, keyboards
  • Hank Crawford – alto saxophone
  • David Fathead Newman – tenor saxophone
  • Leroy Cooper – baritone saxophone
  • Bill Pitman – guitar
  • Edgar Willis – bass guitar
  • Mel Lewis, Bruno Carr – drums
  • The Jack Halloran Singers – backing vocals
  • Marty Paich – arrangements, conductor
  • Sid Feller – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye – Cole Porter
  2. You and I – Meredith Willson
  3. Intro: Goodbye / We’ll Be Together Again – Gordon Jenkins / Carl T. Fischer, Frankie Laine
  4. People Will Say We’re in Love – Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers
  5. Cocktails for Two – Sam Coslow, Arthur Johnston
  6. Side by Side – Harry M. Woods, Gus Kahn
  7. Baby, It’s Cold Outside – Frank Loesser
  8. Together – Lew Brown, Buddy De Sylva, Ray Henderson
  9. For All We Know – J. Fred Coots, Sam M. Lewis
  10. Takes Two to Tango – Al Hoffman, Dick Manning
  11. Alone Together – Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz
  12. Just You, Just Me – Jesse Greer, Raymond Klages

Ray Charles: My Kind of Jazz

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In April 1970, “Tangerine” label released “My Kind of Jazz”, the 29th Ray Charles album. It was recorded in January 1970, at “RPM Studios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Quincy Jones.

Personnel:

  • Ray Charles – vocal, piano
  • Ben Martin – guitar
  • Edgar Willis – bass
  • Ernest Elly – drums
  • J. Lloyd Miller – alto saxophone, oboe
  • Curtis Peagler – alto saxophone
  • Andy Ennis, Albert McQueen, Clifford Scott – tenor saxophone
  • Leroy Cooper – baritone saxophone
  • Bobby Bryant, Bill King, Marshall Hunt, Blue Mitchell – trumpet
  • Glen Childress, Henry Coker, Joe Randazzo – trombone
  • Teddy Edwards – arranger

Track listing:

  1. Golden Boy – Charles Strouse, Lee Adams
  2. Booty Butt – Ray Charles
  3. This Here – Bobby Timmons
  4. I Remember Clifford – Benny Golson
  5. Sidewinder – Lee Morgan
  6. Bluesette – Toots Thielemans
  7. Pas–Se–O–Ne Blues – John Anderson
  8. Zig Zag – Bill Baker
  9. Angel City – Teddy Edwards
  10. Señor Blues – Horace Silver

Ray Charles: The Genius Sings the Blues

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In October 1961, “Atlantic” label released “The Genius Sings the Blues”, the ninth Ray Charles album. It was recorded 1952 – 1960, and was produced by Ahmet Ertegün and Jerry Wexler.

Personnel:

  • Ray Charles – vocals, piano, organ
  • Marcus Belgrave – trumpet
  • Joe Bridgewater – trumpet
  • Riley Webb – trumpet
  • John Hunt – trumpet 
  • David Newman – alto, baritone and tenor saxophone 
  • Bennie Crawford – baritone saxophone
  • Don Wilkerson – tenor saxophone
  • Edgar Willis – bass 
  • Roosevelt Sheffield – bass
  • Teagle Fleming – drums
  • William Peeples – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Ray Charles, except where noted.

  1. Early in the Mornin’ – Dallas Bartley, Leo Hickman, Louis Jordan
  2. Hard Times (No One Knows Better Than I)
  3. The Midnight Hour – Sam Sweet
  4. (Night Time Is) The Right Time – Napoleon Brown, Ozzie Cadena, Lew Herman
  5. Feelin’ Sad – Guitar Slim
  6. Ray’s Blues
  7. I’m Movin’ On – Hank Snow
  8. I Believe to My Soul
  9. Nobody Cares
  10. Mr. Charles’ Blues
  11. Some Day Baby
  12. I Wonder Who