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Original Album Series

Ray Charles

Original release : 2008

Rhino

An 5 CD box set of 5 albums originally released on Atlantic. David Newman plays on all of the source albums, though not on all tracks.

Tracks

CD 1: The Great Ray Charles:

  • The Ray
  • My Melancholy Baby
  • Black Coffee
  • There's No You
  • Doodlin'
  • Sweet Sixteen Bars
  • I Surrender Dear
  • Undecided
CD 2: Ray Charles At Newport:
  • The Right Time
  • In A Little Spanish Town
  • I Got A Woman
  • Blues Waltz
  • Hot Rod
  • Talkin' About You
  • Sherry
  • A Fool For You
CD 3: The Genius Of Ray Charles:
  • Let The Good Times Roll
  • It Had To Be You
  • Alexander's Ragtime Band
  • Two Years Of Torture
  • When Your Lover Has Gone
  • Deed I Do
  • Just For A Thrill
  • You Won't Let Me Go
  • Tell Me You'll Wait For Me
  • Don't Let The Sun Catch You Cryin'
  • Am I Blue
  • Come Rain Or Come Shine
CD 4: The Genius Sings The Blues:
  • Early In The Mornin'
  • Hard Time (No One Knows Better Than I)
  • The Midnight Hour
  • (Night Time Is) The Right Time
  • Feelin' Sad
  • Ray's Blues
  • I'm Movin' On
  • I Believe To My Soul
  • Nobody Cares
  • Mr. Charles' Blues
  • Some Day Baby (Worried Life Blues)
  • I Wonder Who
CD 5: The Genius After Hours:
  • The Genius After Hours
  • Ain't Misbehavin'
  • Dawn Ray
  • Joy Ride
  • Hornful Soul
  • The Man I Love
  • Charlesville
  • Music, Music, Music
Musicians

The Great Ray Charles:

  • Ray Charles - piano, vocals
  • Joe Bridgewater - trumpet
  • John Hunt - trumpet
  • David Newman - tenor saxophone, alto saxophone
  • Emmett Dennis - baritone saxophone
  • Roosevelt Sheffield - bass
  • Oscar Pettiford - bass
  • William Peeples - drums
  • Joe Harris - drums
Ray Charles At Newport:
  • Ray Charles - piano, alto saxophone, vocals
  • Marcus Belgrave - trumpet
  • Lee Harper - trumpet
  • David Newman - tenor saxophone, alto saxophone
  • Bennie (Hank) Crawford - baritone saxophone
  • Edgar Willis - bass
  • Richie Goldberg - drums
  • The Raelettes - vocals
The Genius Of Ray Charles:
  • Ray Charles - piano, vocals
  • Clark Terry - trumpet
  • Ernie Royal - trumpet
  • Joe Newman - trumpet
  • Snookie Young - trumpet
  • Marcus Belgrave - trumpet
  • John Hunt - trumpet
  • Melba Liston - trombone
  • Quentin Jackson - trombone
  • Thomas Mitchell - trombone
  • Al Gray - trombone
  • Frank Wess - flute, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
  • Marshall Royal - alto saxophone
  • Paul Gonsalves - tenor saxophone
  • Zoot Sims - tenor saxophone
  • Billy Mitchell - tenor saxophone
  • David "Fathead" Newman - tenor saxophone
  • Bennie (Hank) Crawford - baritone saxophone
  • Charlie Fowlkes - baritone saxophone
  • Freddie Green - guitar
  • Allen Hanlon - guitar
  • Eddie Jones - bass
  • Edgar Willis - bass
  • Wendell Marshall - bass
  • Teagle Fleming - drums
  • Charlie Persip - drums
  • Ted Sommer - drums
The Genius Sings The Blues (includes):
  • Ray Charles - piano, vocals
  • Frank Mitchell - trumpet
  • Joe Bridgewater - trumpet
  • Wallace Davenport - trumpet
  • Marcus Belgrave - trumpet
  • John Hunt - trumpet
  • Riley Webb - trumpet
  • David Newman - tenor saxophone, alto saxophone
  • Joe Tillman - tenor saxophone
  • Don Wilkerson - tenor saxophone
  • Warren Hebrew - tenor saxophone
  • O'Neil Gerald - alto saxophone
  • Auguste "Bimes" Dupont - alto saxophone
  • Bennie (Hank) Crawford - baritone saxophone
  • Warren Bell - baritone saxophone
  • Edgar Blanchard - guitar
  • Edgar Willis - bass
  • Frank Fields - bass
  • Lloyd Lambert - bass
  • Roosevelt Sheffield - bass
  • Oscar Moore - drums
  • Elandro Smart - drums
  • Teagle Fleming - drums
  • William Peeples - drums
The Genius After Hours:
  • Ray Charles - piano, vocals
  • Joe Bridgewater - trumpet
  • John Hunt - trumpet
  • David Newman - tenor saxophone, alto saxophone
  • Emmett Dennis - baritone saxophone
  • Roosevelt Sheffield - bass
  • Oscar Pettiford - bass
  • William Peeples - drums
  • Joe Harris - drums
  • Connie Kay - drums
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