Ray Charles At La Salle Pleyel In Paris (1970)

On 1, 2 and 4 October 1970  Ray Charles gave a total of six concerts at La Salle Pleyel in Paris. The 7:30 p.m.-show on the 2nd was aired by Europe-1. Today I listened to a good but unfortunately incomplete copy of that radio broadcast. (Also see this post, for a description of the late show on October 1).

1. Doot Doot Dow (with Ray Charles Orchestra) (solo Ray Charles - as)
2. Hallelujah I Love Her So
3. Yours
4. Georgia On My Mind
5. Marie
6. The Sun Died
7. I've Got A Woman
8. Yesterday
9. Booty Butt (fragment) (with Ray Charles Orchestra)
10. Intro Raelettes
11. My Bonnie (solo Andy Ennis - ts)
12. Don't Change On Me
13. I Can't Stop Loving You (partial)
14. ... [What'd I Say surely missing]

For a big part of the concert the orchestra sounded as if everyone was in a hurry. On a few tunes the sound of the band was dominated by the "Staxy" Hammond sounds of Truman Thomas.

Georgia (#4) was rendered in the old 'flute arrangement'. The version of Yours (#3), from the I'm All Yours album (1968), is the earliest known live performance of this tune.
The Genius took all time necessary for a magnificent rendition of The Sun Died (#6). Truman's organ playing provoked Charles to give I've Got A Woman (#7) an original, fast and driven, performance, and even to sing in an 'unknown tongue' at the end of the song.
Regrettably, Ray decided to interrupt the instrumental Booty Butt (#9, a contemporary hit single in the U.S.) soon after the intro.

Personnel:
Musicians: Johnny Coles, Bill King, Blue Mitchell - trumpets; Glenn Childress, Henry Coker, Fred Murrell, Joe Randazzo - trombones; Jay Cloyd Miller, Curtis Peagler - alto saxophones; Andy Ennis, David Newman - tenor saxophones; Leroy Cooper - baritone saxophone, band leader; Ernie Elly - drums; Ben Martin - guitar; Edgar Willis - bass; Truman Thomas - organ. The Raelettes: Susaye Greene, Mable John, Vernita Moss, Estella Yarbrough.