Genius + Soul = Jazz

by Ray Charles

Release Details

Year: 2023
Format: Vinyl — LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo
Country: Europe
Label: Jazz Wax Records
Catalog #: JWR 4604
Tracks: 11

Genres

Jazz Blues

Styles

Rhythm & Blues Piano Blues Big Band Soul-Jazz

Tracklist

A1From The Heart
3:36
A2I've Got News For You
4:33
A3Moanin'
3:19
A4Let's Go
2:43
A5One Mint Julep
3:06
B1I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town
3:43
B2Stompin' Room Only
3:47
B3Mister C
4:32
B4Strike Up The Band
2:37
B5Birth Of The Blues
5:12
B6Let The Good Times Roll
2:51

Notes

Hype sticker affixed to shrinkwrap: The Complete Album + 1 Bonus Track. One of the best examples of soul-jazz crossover from the early 1960s, this record features Ray Charles in the company of members of the Count Basie band, including such soloists as trumpeters Clark Terry, Thad Jones and Joe Newman. Most of the album is instrumental and swings vivaciously, although Charles does sing on "I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town" and "I've Got News for You." One of the instrumentals, "One Mint J