Ray Charles in Person

Ray Charles: In Person
Live album by Ray Charles
Released July 1960
Recorded May 28, 1959
Genre R&B
Length 29:19
Label Atlantic
Producer Harris Zenas
Ray Charles chronology
The Genius of Ray Charles
(1959)		 In Person
(1960)		 Genius + Soul = Jazz
(1961)
Re-issue cover
1987 re-issue / compilation
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

In Person is a live album recorded by Ray Charles on May 28, 1959 on a rainy night in Atlanta, Georgia at Morris Brown College's Herndon Stadium. All tracks from this album together with those from Ray Charles at Newport were also released on the 1987 Atlantic compilation CD, Ray Charles Live.

The album was recorded by the concert sponsor, radio station WAOK. The station's lead disk jockey, Zenas "Daddy" Sears, recorded the album from the audience using a single microphone. The album is noted for its technical excellence in balancing band, singer, and audience, and also for its documentation of the jazzy R&B Ray Charles sound prior to his great crossover success.

Track listing

  1. "The Right Time" (Lew Herman, Nappy Brown, Ozzie Cadena)
  2. "What'd I Say" (Ray Charles)
  3. "Yes, Indeed" (Sy Oliver)
  4. "The Spirit Feel" (Milt Jackson)
  5. "Frenesi" (Alberto Dominguez)
  6. "Drown In My Own Tears" (Henry Glover)
  7. "Tell The Truth" (Lowman Pauling)[2]

Personnel

The track "Yes, Indeed" was recorded live at the Newport Jazz Festival on July 5, 1958, with Lee Harper replacing John Hunt on trumpet and Richie Goldberg replacing Teagle Fleming on drums.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Allmusic review
  2. ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/artist/lowman-pauling-mn0000253147/biography
  3. ↑ Jazzdisco.org link
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