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News: Recording

Ray Charles' Post-1960 Catalog to be Reissued by Concord Music Group

Ray Charles' Post-1960 Catalog to be Reissued by Concord Music Group

Los Angeles, CA Concord Music Group announced that it has entered into an exclusive arrangement with the Ray Charles Foundation to develop the artists post-1960 catalog, which contains his classic work for the ABC and Tangerine labels. Many of the masters will be made available digitally for the first time ever, including such iconic recordings as ...

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Article: Album Review

Oscar Peterson: Oscar Peterson: The Complete Clef/Mercury Studio Recordings of The Oscar Peterson Trio (1951-1953)

Read "Oscar Peterson: The Complete Clef/Mercury Studio Recordings of The Oscar Peterson Trio (1951-1953)" reviewed by Samuel Chell


How do you criticize pianist Oscar Peterson? The two primary meanings of such a question expose the divide among those who must confront his talent--and, like it or not, no musician or supporter of the music can duck the issues raised by the most prolifically recorded pianist in jazz history. To the one camp, Peterson's playing ...

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News: Recording

Ray Charles Concert from Fillmore East '70

Ray Charles Concert from Fillmore East '70

April 18, 1970 -- Ray Charles concert includes: Introduction and Warm-Up, Running Out, I Want To Do (Everything For You), Chain of Fools, One Mint Julep, Ray Charles Intro and Instrumental, and The Bright Lights and You Girl. From his early blues and jazz combos to his R&B review-style big bands to his landmark country and ...

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News: Music Industry

Ray Charles on Piano Jazz

Ray Charles on Piano Jazz

Ray Charles Molding His Sound, Finding His Ear Singer, pianist and composer Ray Charles is one of the most legendary musicians of the 20th century. His unique style drew on a wide variety of influences that can be traced back to the music he heard as a kid growing up in the rural South: the blues ...

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Video

Oh, What a Beautiful Morning

Featuring the music of Ray Charles
Duration: 5:20

Ray Charles sings this Rodgers & Hammerstein tune during a 1990 appearance on the "Tonight Show".
Album

Collection

Label: Abracadabra Music
Released: 2006

Album

Ray Sings, Basie Swings

Label: Concord Music Group
Released: 2006
Track listing: Oh, What A Beautiful Morning; Let The Good Times Roll; How Long Has This Been Going On?; Every Saturday Night; Busted; Crying Time; I Can

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Article: Album Review

Ray Charles & the Count Basie Orchestra: Ray Sings, Basie Swings

Read "Ray Sings, Basie Swings" reviewed by Martin Gladu


There is no recipe for success...or is there? Concord's Ray Sings, Basie Swings, reminiscent of past crossover duos, draws upon state-of-the-art technological means to propose a premium posthumous montage. Does this sound formulaic and forced? Maybe, but in the end, they credibly made it more musically attractive than say, yet another best of greatest hits compilation.

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Article: Film Review

Ray Charles 1930-2004: The Movie Ray, Part 4 of 4

Read "Ray Charles 1930-2004: The Movie Ray, Part 4 of 4" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey


Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 Ray Bristol Bay Productions / Universal Pictures DVD release: 2005 The film Ray was released in 2004, shortly after the death of its subject, Ray Charles. Directed by Taylor Hackford, the movie was a fifteen-year labor of love that ...


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