- Then We'll Be Home (Sadies Tune)
- It Ain't Easy Being Green
- It Hurts To Be In Love
- Georgia On My Mind
- Almost Like Being In Love
- Hey Girl
- Blues For Big Scotia
- A Song For You
- Chain Of Fools
- Guess Who I Saw Today
- Hit The Road Jack
- I Can't Stop Loving You
- What'd I Say
The performance was taped with The Rutgers University Orchestra and The Rutgers Jazz Ensemble, conducted by Victor Vanacore, at the Trenton War Memorial the day before. A Garden State Salute was nominated for a Mid Atlantic Emmy.
The musicians were "requested by Ray personally". The Jazz Ensemble had an earlier opportunity to play with Charles in 2000, at which point he said he would “[...] take that band on the road with me tomorrow”.
Update February 17, 2017:
A part of the concert recently emerged on YouTube. It shows that Ray brought his orchestra's rhythm section (Brad Rabuchin - g, Tom Fowler - b, and Peter Turre - d), Larry Foyen on lead trumpet, Wayne Coniglio on lead trombone, and his Raelettes (Estella Yarbrough, Renée Collins Georges, Karen Evans, Katrina Harper and Tonette McKinney). Victor Vanacore played a bit of piano.
An earlier YouTube clip (now deleted) entailed a rendition of It Ain't Easy Being Green. This selection (note #3) proves that the longlist quoted above is not complete:
01. Then We'll Be Home (Sadies Tune)
02. Hit The Road Jack
03. 3/4 Time
04. What'd I Say [truncated]
Who knows more about the destiny of the complete TV recording?
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