Ray Charles Crrying Time

2010 box set from the Soul/Jazz/Rock legend containing five original albums from the Atlantic vaults packaged together in one great release! Features the albums Genius + Soul = Jazz (1960), The Genius After Hours (1961), The Genius Hits The Road (1960), The Genius Of Ray Charles (1959) and The Genius Sings The Blues (1961).

The Genius of Ray Charles is a 1959 album by Ray Charles. In 2003, the album was ranked number 263 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. Some players from Ray Charles' big band are joined by many ringers from the Count Basie and Duke Ellington bands for the first half of this program, featuring Charles belting out six songs arranged by Quincy Jones. "Let the Good Times Roll" and "Deed I Do" are highlights, and there are solos by tenorman David "Fathead" Newman, trumpeter Marcus Belgrave, and (on "Two Years of Torture") tenor Paul Gonsalves. The remaining six numbers are ballads, with Charles backed by a string orchestra arranged by Ralph Burns. Charles' voice is heard throughout in peak form, giving soul to even the veteran standards.

Tangerine Records, founded by the late Ray Charles, will reissue his out-of-print classic, Love Country Style, for the first time since its 1970 release, on vinyl on October 24th. The release is part of the label’s Tangerine Master Series, a new slate of reissues highlighting Charles’ best-known music alongside classic records long out of print, and ready for rediscovery. Each album has been restored and remastered under the direct supervision of The Ray Charles Foundation, painting a vivid new portrait of an artist and icon whose impact continues to expand and inspire.

Ray Charles demonstrates once again how brilliant of a musician/artist that we was, while his music is and always will be in the hearts of all who love great music. Ray has incorporated Blues, Jazz, Gospel, Soul, and even country in a way that no other artist could even come close to. Its highly recommend.

Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music is a studio album by American R&B and soul musician Ray Charles, released in April 1962 on ABC-Paramount Records. Recording sessions for the album took place in early to mid-February 1962 at Capitol Studios in New York City and at United Recording Studios in Hollywood, California.

Five CD box set from the Soul/Jazz/Rock legend containing five original albums from the Atlantic vaults packaged together in one great release! Features the albums Genius + Soul = Jazz (1960), The Genius After Hours (1961), The Genius Hits The Road (1960), The Genius Of Ray Charles (1959) and The Genius Sings The Blues (1961).