In October 1959, “Atlantic” label released “The Genius of Ray Charles”, the seventh Ray Charles album. It was recorded May – June 1959, at “6 West Recording” in New York City, and was produced by Nesuhi Ertegün and Jerry Wexler.
Personnel:
- Ray Charles – vocals, piano
- Allen Hanlon – guitar
- Wendell Marshall – bass guitar
- Ted Sommer – drums
- Clark Terry – trumpet
- Ernie Royal – trumpet
- Joe Newman – trumpet
- Snooky Young – trumpet
- Marcus Belgrave – trumpet
- John Hunt – trumpet
- Melba Liston – trombone
- Quentin Jackson – trombone
- Thomas Mitchell – trombone
- Al Grey – trombone
- Frank Wess – flute
- Clark Terry – trumpet
- Ernie Royal – trumpet
- Joe Newman – trumpet
- Snooky Young – trumpet
- Marcus Belgrave – trumpet
- John Hunt – trumpet
- Melba Liston – trombone
- Quentin Jackson – trombone
- Thomas Mitchell – trombone
- Al Grey – trombone
- Bob Brookmeyer – valve trombone
- Frank Wess – flute, alto and tenor saxophone
- Marshal Royal – alto saxophone
- Paul Gonsalves – tenor saxophone
- Zoot Sims – tenor saxophone
- Billy Mitchell – tenor saxophone
- David “Fathead” Newman – tenor saxophone
- Quincy Jones – arranger, conductor
- Ernie Wilkins – arrangements
- Ralph Burns – arrangements
- Ralph Burns – arrangements
- Johnny Acea – arrangements
- Al Cohn – arrangements
- Harry Lookofsky – concertmaster
- Bill Schwartau, Tom Dowd – recording
- Marvin Israel – cover design
- Lee Friedlander – cover photography
- Nat Hentoff – sleeve notes
Track listing:
- Let the Good Times Roll – Sam Theard, Fleecie Moore
- It Had to Be You – Gus Kahn, Isham Jones
- Alexander’s Ragtime Band – Irving Berlin
- Two Years of Torture – Percy Mayfield, Charles Joseph Morris
- When Your Lover Has Gone – Einar Aaron Swan
- Deed I Do – Walter Hirsch, Fred Rose
- Just for a Thrill – Lil Hardin Armstrong, Don Raye
- You Won’t Let Me Go – Bud Allen, Buddy Johnson
- Tell Me You’ll Wait for Me – Charles Brown, Oscar Moore
- Don’t Let the Sun Catch You Cryin’ – Joe Greene
- Am I Blue? – Grant Clarke, Harry Akst
- Come Rain or Come Shine – Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen
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