Reissue of: Impulse AS-2 (p1961); and three additional albums: Tangerine 1512 (p1970), TRC Records TRC-1516 (1972), Crossover CR 9007 (p1975). Ray Charles, vocals, Hammond B-3, piano ; variously with Bobby Bryant, Blue Mitchell, trumpets ; Glen Childress, trombone ; Andy Ennis, Albert McQueen, Clifford Scott, Teddy Edwards, Jimmy Heath, Roger Neumann, saxophones ; Ben Martin, guitar ; Alf Clausen, bass ; Count Basie Orchestra ; Ray Charles Orchestra ; additional musicians. Recorded at Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Dec. 26, 1960 (Genius + soul = jazz) and in Los Angeles, CA, ca. 1970 (My kind of jazz (part 1)) and 1975 (My kind of jazz : part 3) and at Tangerine/RPM Studios, 1972 (Jazz number II).
Contents:
disc 1. Genius + soul = jazz : From the heart (3:33) -- I've got news for you (4:30) -- Moanin' (3:16) -- Let's go (2:40) -- One mint julep (3:04) -- I'm gonna move to the outskirts of town (3:40) -- Stompin' room only (3:44) -- Mister C (4:29) -- Strike up the band (2:35) -- Birth of the blues (5:09) -- My kind of jazz : Golden boy (3:31) -- Booty-butt (4:09) -- This here (4:39) -- I remember Clifford (3:37) -- Sidewinder (3:29) -- Bluesette (3:17) ; Pas-se-o-ne blues (4:40) -- Zig zag (4:28) -- Angel city (4:21) -- Señor Blues (5:22) -- disc 2. Jazz number II : Our suite (8:05) -- A pair of threes (5:26) -- Morning of carnival = Manhã de carnaval (3:31) -- Going home (4:18) -- Kids are pretty people (4:57) -- Togetherness (4:00) -- Brazilian skies (5:09) -- My kind of jazz part 3 : I'm gonna go fishin' (5:29) -- For her (6:16) -- Sister Sadie (4:04) -- 3/4 of the time (2:47) -- Ray minor Ray (3:44) -- Samba de Elencia (4:36) -- Metamorphosis (4:09) -- Nothing wrong (3:30) -- Project "S" (3:15) -- bonus track: Misty (5:20).
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