Ray Charles
Playlist: The Very Best Of [ Sony / CD - released 3/Oct/2014 ] A budget-priced collection of tracks by American icon Ray Charles. Singer / songwriter, pianist, composer Charles was a prodigious talent. As a child Ray Charles overcame trauma that no young person should be exposed to and despite these hardships... |
Ray Charles
Simply Ray Charles [ Simply / 2 CD - released 24/May/2010 ] |
Ray Charles
The Genius After Hours [ Atlantic / CD - released 1/Mar/2017 ] Taken from the same three sessions as The Great Ray Charles but not duplicating any of the performances, this set casts Charles as a jazz-oriented pianist in an instrumental setting. Brother Charles has five numbers with a trio (three songs have... |
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The Genius Sings the Blues [ Atlantic / CD - released 1/Mar/2017 ] |
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An Introduction to Ray Charles [ Atlantic Records / CD ] Ray Charles was the musician most responsible for developing soul music. Singers like Sam Cooke and Jackie Wilson also did a great deal to pioneer the form, but Charles did even more to devise a new form of Black pop by merging '50s R&B with... |
Ray Charles
Rare Genius (The Undiscovered Masters) [ Concord Music Group / CD - released 28/Oct/2010 ] |
Ray Charles
Ray (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [ CD ] Even though RAY, the 2004 biopic featuring Jamie Foxx as Ray Charles, hit the theaters after the singer's death, Charles was heavily involved in the process of putting the film together, and co-produced the soundtrack. Consequently, the album... |
Ray Charles & Friends
Super Hits [ Columbia / CD ] |
Ray Charles
The Classic Years [ Xelon / 2 CD - released 12/Apr/2010 ] |
Ray Charles
King Of Cool [ Rhino / 3 CD - released 13/Jun/2014 ] A music legend beyond compare, who almost single-handedly laid the groundwork for soul music, Ray Charles proved his mastery with countless jazz, country, R&B, and pop masterpieces, during a career that spanned seven decades. His musical genius is... |
Ray Charles
Live in France 1961 [ Kaleidoscope Film & DVD / Shock Entertainment Group DVD / DVD - released 5/Dec/2011 ] Lost for 50 years, these newly discovered concerts, featuring an hour and 45 minutes of performances, were filmed at the 1961 Antibes Jazz Festival in France and show Ray Charles in his prime period with the original Raeletts and his most legendary... |
Ray Charles
The Very Best of (2CD) [ Mastersong / 2 CD ] A collection of Ray's classics collected over 2 CDs |
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The Very Best Of [ Not Now / 2 CD - released 14/Feb/2011 ] |
Ray Charles / Milt Jackson
Soul Brothers Meeting [ Not Now Music / 2 CD - released 1/Jan/2014 ] The iconic Soul Brothers and Soul Meeting albums digitally remastered on two CDs. Two men, one a Jazz icon and the other a true giant of American music combine on these two seminal albums from the late 50s and early 60s. Included are 12 bonus... |
LIGHT MUSIC CLASSICS
Stringopation: Light Music Classics Vol 2 Various orchestras conducted by Charles Williams, Philip Green, Walter Collins, Ray Martin, Sidney Torch, etc [ Dutton Vocalion / CD - released 20/Aug/2008 ] Popular light music classics recorded between 1945-55 |
Willie Nelson & Ray Charles
An Intimate Performance [ Possum / DVD - released 6/Feb/2015 ] For the first time together, Willie Nelson & Ray Charles with a special guest appearance by Jackie King on guitar. Sit back & enjoy these 13 memorable tracks. This DVD includes rehearsal scenes of Nelson & Charles before the live performance. |
Steve Turre (trombone) with Ray Charles (piano) and Jack DeJohnette (drums)
In The Spur Of The Moment [ Telarc Discover Jazz / CD - released 1/Mar/2006 ] With Ray Charles, In the Spur of the Moment, finds Steve Turre at a creative peak, playing three distinctive styles with complete control and compelling command. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Golden Age of Light Music: Great British Light Orchestras Ray Martin, Norrie Paramor, Charles Williams, Sidney Torch, Stanley Black, etc [ Guild Light Music / CD - released 1/Jun/2016 ] This new Guild Light Music series has already focussed attention on the many fine recordings made during the 1940s and 1950s, and it is now appropriate to concentrate on the output from British studios. A combination of talented composers, plus... |
Ray Charles
Live in Concert [ Concord / CD ] |
ALBERT KETELBEY
Ketelbey: Orchestral Works [Incls 'Bells Across the Meadow' & 'In a Persian Market']) Orchestras condusted by Albert Ketelbey, Ray Noble, Charles Prentice & Henry Geehl [ Naxos British Light Music / CD - released 5/Jun/2002 ] Eclipsed first by the Swing Era, then further distanced by World War II and rock-'n'-roll, the music of Ketèlbey has the distinctive, nostalgic ring of a bygone age. |