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27 February 2010

Ray Charles Live In Paris (1989)

Television registration directed by André Delacroix for FR3 of Ray Charles - The Man And His Soul (as his concerts in these years were announced) during the 15th Paris Jazz Festival (also titled Festival De Jazz or Jazz au Zénith "Ray Charles") at Le Zénith in Paris, on 5 November 1989, first broadcast on 11 July 1990.
The footage comes from a 1h9m12s program, databased by Ina under the title Jazz At The Top: Ray Charles, presented by Julien Dellifiori, under ID CPC90006623 (there's also a clip with just Georgia On My Mind, ID I05056649). The setlist was*:
  1. Intro
  2. Then We'll Be Home (Sadies Tune)
  3. Busted 
  4. Georgia On My Mind
  5. Mississippi Mud
  6. Just For A Thrill (solo Jeff Kaye - fl)
  7. Feel So Bad (solos Kenny Carr - g; Ernest Vantrease - o)
  8. For Mamma 
  9. Don't Set Me Free (ft Estella Yarbough) (solo Mike Karn - ts)
  10. Any Way You Want To (with The Raelettes) (solo Kenny Carr - g)
  11. Smack Dab In The Middle (with The Raelettes) (solo Rudy Johnson - ts)
  12. I Can't Stop Loving You
  13. Knock On Wood (ft Trudy Cohran) 
  14. (All I Wanna Do Is) Lay Around And Love On You (solo Kenny Carr - g)
  15. What'd I Say
  16. Outro
Personnel**:
Musicians: Chuck Parrish, Jeff Helgesen, Ted Murdock, Jeff Kaye - trumpets; Steve Sigmund, Mike Guerrier, Marc Fields, Wayne Coniglio - trombones;  Craig Baily, Al Jackson (bandleader), Mike Karn, Rudy Johnson, Scott Frillman - saxophones; Ernest Vantrease - Hammond B3; Kenny Carr - guitar; Darren Solomon - bass; Jeff Ballard - drums. The Raelettes: Anita Brooks, Trudy Cohran, Kathryn Collier, Angie Workman, Estella Yarbrough.

*Solos attributed by Jeff Ballard. **Line-up information kindly provided by Chuck Parrish and other members of the Ray Charles Orchestra.

The show on November 4th was broadcast on radio, and archived by INA (ID PHY14002047):
  1. Fire Up (Ray Charles Orchestra)
  2. Pas-Se-O-Ne Blues (Ray Charles Orchestra)
  3. High On The Hogg (Ray Charles Orchestra)
  4. Intro RC
  5. Then We'll Be Home (Sadies Tune) [truncated after few seconds]
  6. Busted
  7. Georgia On My Mind
  8. Mississippi Mud
  9. Just For A Thrill  (solo Jeff Kaye - fl)
  10. Feel So Bad  (solos Kenny Carr - g; Ernest Vantrease - o)
  11. For Mamma
  12. Intro Raelettes
  13. Don't Set Me Free (ft Estella Yarbough) (solo Mike Karn - ts)
  14. Any Way You Want To (with The Raelettes) (solo Kenny Carr - g)
  15. Smack Dab In The Middle (with The Raelettes) (solo Rudy Johnson - ts)
  16. I Can't Stop Loving You
  17. Knock On Wood (ft Trudy Cohran) 
  18. (All I Wanna Do Is) Lay Around And Love On You (solo Kenny Carr - g)
  19. What'd I Say
  20. Outro
Feel So Bad (Nov. 5):
(All I Wanna Do Is) Lay Around And Love On You (Nov. 5):

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