Ray Charles - Ray Charles And Betty Carter (Waxtime) 180 Gram Lp Reissue New
$
29
Favourite Auctions
To save auctions to your favourites, please login
If you don't have an account, please register
Description
INCLUDES 1 BONUS TRACK
4 STARS ALL MUSIC GUIDE
Born Ray Charles Robinson on September 23, 1930, in Albany, Georgia (he died on June 10, 2004 in Beverly Hills, California), Ray Charles has been described by many writers as the “father of Soul Music”. His early years were full of tragedies. He was born into extreme poverty and slowly blinded by glaucoma until, at the age of six, he lost his sight completely. Before going blind, he had to cope with the tragic death of his brother, who he watched drown in a water tub.
Ray studied composition and learned several instruments at the St. Augustine School for the Deaf and the Blind. His mother Aretha died when Ray was 15, and he was brought up by Mary Jane (the first wife of Ray’s absent father). Born Lillie Mae Jones in Flint, Michigan, on May 16, 1929 (she died at the age of 69 on September 26, 1998), Betty Carter was renowned for her improvisational technique and unique vocal style. Her devotion to the jazz idiom was such that her fellow vocalist Carmen McRae once claimed that “there’s really only one jazz singer –only one: Betty Carter”.
The album presented here is the only existing collaboration between these two singing stars. No extra songs or alternate takes from the sessions are known to exist.
PERSONNEL:
RAY CHARLES, vocals, piano & BETTY CARTER, vocals, plus:
(A1, A3, A5, B3 & B5): Bill Pittman (g), Edgar Willis (b),
Mel Lewis (d, vib), plus 22 strings and The Jack Halloran Singers.
Los Angeles, June 13, 1961.
(A2, A4, A6, B1, B2, B4 & B6): Phil Guilbeau, John Hunt, Al Porcino, Ray Triscari,
Don Fagerquist (tp), Dick Nash, Harry Betts, Frank Rosolino, Ken Shroyer (tb),
Bennie Crawford (as), David “Fathead” Newman (ts), Leroy Cooper (bar), Bill Pittman (g), Edgar Willis (b), Mel Lewis (d), Bruno Carr (perc)
Los Angeles, June 14, 1961.
Arranged and conducted by Marty Paich.
Original sessions produced by Sid Feller.
* BONUS TRACK (B7):
RAY CHARLES (vcl, p), acc by Martin Banks, John Hunt (tp), Bennie Crawford (as),
David “Fathead” Newman (ts), Leroy Cooper (bar), Bill Pittman (g), Edgar Willis (b),
Irv Cottler (d), plus 18 strings; Marty Paich (arr, cond). Omit Betty Carter (vcl).
Original session produced by Marty Paich. Los Angeles, August 23, 1960.
TRACKS:
SIDE A:
1 EV’RY TIME WE SAY GOODBYE 4:42
2 YOU AND I3:28
3 Medley: GOODBYE / WE’LL BE TOGETHER AGAIN 3:20
4 PEOPLE WILL SAY WE’RE IN LOVE 2:52
5 COCKTAILS FOR TWO 3:16
6 SIDE BY SIDE 2:24
SIDE B:
1 BABY, IT’S COLD OUTSIDE 4:11
2 TOGETHER 1:35
3 FOR ALL WE KNOW 3:44
4 TAKES TWO TO TANGO 3:23
5 ALONE TOGETHER 4:46
6 JUST YOU, JUST ME 2:04
7 STELLA BY STARLIGHT 3:50*
* Bonus tracks
price rating
![Trois Couleurs Bleu - Trois Couleurs: Bleu [VINYL]](https://www.popsike.mobi/php/thumbnail.php?url=https://www.popsike.pics/pix/20230131/255954495911.jpg)
