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Ray Charles in Concert

Ray Charles In Concert is a limited edition compilation album of live performances by Ray Charles released in 2003 by Rhino Handmade. The tracks were all previously released on 5 different Ray Charles live concert albums released between 1958 and 1975.

Track listing

Disc one:

  1. "Night Time Is the Right Time" <small>(Ozzie Cadena, Lew Herman)</small> – 3:58
  2. "Talkin' 'Bout You" <small>(Ray Charles)</small> – 4:30
  3. "A Fool for You" <small>(Charles)</small> – 7:05
  4. "Swanee River Rock" <small>(Charles)</small> – 2:07
  5. "The Spirit-Feel" <small>(Milt Jackson)</small> – 4:23
  6. "Yes Indeed!" <small>(Sy Oliver)</small> – 2:39
  7. "What'd I Say" <small>(Charles)</small> – 4:22
  8. "Come Rain or Come Shine" <small>(Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen)</small> – 7:40
  9. "Hit the Road Jack" <small>(Percy Mayfield)</small> – 2:20
  10. "The Danger Zone" <small>(Mayfield)</small> – 3:45
  11. "Bye Bye Love" <small>(Felice Bryant, Boudleaux Bryant)</small> – 2:00
  12. "Georgia On My Mind" <small>(Hoagy Carmichael, Stuart Gorrell)</small> – 6:16
  13. "One Mint Julep" <small> (Rudolph Toombs)</small> – 3:01
  14. "I Believe to my Soul" <small>(Charles)</small> – 3:50
  15. "Unchain My Heart"<small>(Teddy Powell, Robert Sharp Jr.)</small> – 3:07
  16. "Baby, Don't You Cry" <small>(Johnson, Washington)</small> – 2:42

Disc two:

  1. "Hallelujah, I Love Her So" <small>(Charles)</small> – 3:00
  2. "You Don't Know Me" <small>(Eddy Arnold, Cindy Walker)</small> – 3:10
  3. "I Got a Woman" <small>(Charles, Richard)</small> – 6:11
  4. "Hide nor Hair" <small>(Mayfield)</small> – 2:55
  5. "Margie" <small>(Con Conrad, Benny Davis, Russel Robinson)</small> – 2:51
  6. "Don't Set Me Free" <small>(Powell)</small> – 3:36
  7. "Let the Good Times Roll" <small>(Sam Theard, Fleecie Moore)</small> – 3:09
  8. "Busted" <small>(Harlan Howard)</small> – 2:10
  9. "Don't Let Her Know" <small>(Buck Owens, Don Rich, Bonnie Owens)</small> – 4:23
  10. "Then We'll Be Home" <small>(Sadye Shepard)</small> – 4:02
  11. "I Can't Stop Loving You" <small>(Don Gibson)</small> – 3:15
  12. "Feel So Bad" <small>(Leslie Temple, James Johnsonl)</small> – 9:57
  13. "Living for the City" <small>(Stevie Wonder)</small> – 8:06

<br> (Disc 1, tracks 1, 2, 3 originally released on Ray Charles at Newport) <br> (Disc 1, track 4 originally released on Ray Charles Live)<br> (Disc 1, tracks 5, 6, 7 originally released on Ray Charles in Person)<br> (Disc 1, tracks 8 ~ 15 originally released on Berlin, 1962)<br> (Disc 1, track 16 and disk 2, tracks 1 ~ 6 originally released on Ray Charles: Live in Concert)<br> (Disc 2, tracks 7 ~ 13 originally released on Ray Charles: Live in Japan)

Personnel

1958 Newport Jazz Festival performance

(Disk 1, tracks 1~4)

1959 Atlanta concert

(Disk 1, tracks 5~7)

  • Ray Charles – piano, vocals, alto saxophone (on "The Spirit Feel")
  • Margie Hendrix – vocals
  • Marcus Belgrave – trumpet
  • John Hunt – trumpet
  • David "Fathead" Newman – alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
  • Bennie "Hank" Crawford – baritone saxophone
  • Edgar Willis – bass
  • Teagle Fleming – drums
  • The Raeletts – backing vocals
  • Margie Hendrix
  • Pat Lyle
  • Darlene MacRea
  • Zenas Sears – producer

1962 Berlin concert

(Disk 1, tracks 8 ~ 15)

  • Ray Charles – piano, vocals
  • Marcus Belgrave – trumpet
  • Wallace Davenport – trumpet
  • Philip Guilbeau – trumpet
  • John Hunt – trumpet
  • Henderson Chambers – trombone
  • James Harbert – trombone
  • Frederic "Keg" Johnson – trombone
  • Dickie Wells – trombone
  • Bennie "Hank" Crawford – alto saxophone
  • Rudy Powell – alto saxophone
  • David "Fathead" Newman – tenor saxophone, alto saxophone, flute
  • Don Wilkerson – tenor saxophone
  • Leroy "Hog" Cooper – baritone saxophone
  • Elbert "Sonny" Forriest – guitar
  • Edgar Willis – bass
  • Edward "Bruno" Carr – drums
  • The Raeletts – backing vocals
  • Gwen Berry
  • Margie Hendrix
  • Pat Lyle
  • Darlene MacRea
  • Norman Granz – producer

1964 Los Angeles concert

(Disk 1, track 16 and disk 2, tracks 1 ~ 6)

  • Ray Charles – piano, vocals
  • 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
  • Bennie "Hank" Crawford – alto saxophone
  • William "Buddy" Pearson – alto saxophone, flute
  • David "Fathead" Newman – tenor saxophone
  • Leroy "Hog" Cooper – baritone saxophone
  • Elbert "Sonny" Forriest – guitar
  • Edgar Willis – bass
  • Wilbert Hogan – drums
  • The Raeletts – backing vocals
  • Gwen Berry
  • Lillian Forte
  • Pat Lyle
  • Darlene MacRae
  • Sid Feller – producer

1975 Tokyo and Yokohama concerts

(Disk 2, tracks 7 ~ 13)

  • Ray Charles – piano, vocals, producer
  • Bob Caulsen – trumpet
  • Johnny Coles – trumpet
  • Jack Evans – trumpet
  • Steve Davis – trombone
  • Wally Huff – trombone
  • Ken Tussing – trombone
  • Eddie Pratt – alto saxophone
  • Clifford Solomon – alto saxophone
  • James Clay – tenor saxophone
  • Andrew Ennis – tenor saxophone
  • Leroy "Hog" Cooper – baritone saxophone
  • Earnest Vantrease – organ
  • Tony Mathews – guitar
  • Edgar Willis – bass
  • Scott von Ravensberg – drums
  • The Raeletts – backing vocals
  • Susaye Greene
  • Mable John
  • Vernita Moss
  • Estelle Yarborough

References

Further reading

  • Ray Charles: In Concert (Rhino Handmade) liner notes
  • In Concert at [ Allmusic.com]