Milt Jackson - vibraharp; Ray Charles - piano; Skeeter Best - guitar; Oscar Pettiford - bass; Connie Kaye - drums.
Two other takes remain unissued; see this (or was this just an edit in 2 parts?).
Milt Jackson - piano; Ray Charles - alto saxophone; Billy Mitchell - tenor saxophone; Skeeter Best - guitar; Oscar Pettiford - bass; Connie Kaye - drums.
For his sessions with Ray Charles, Milt Jackson, the star vibraphonist of the Modern Jazz Quartet, also came with an electric guitar. Ray brought his saxophone. How Long Blues is the most extended example of Ray's sax playing on record. The album is a fine example of soul jazz.
Personnel:
#1: Milt Jackson - piano; Ray Charles - alto saxophone; Billy Mitchell - tenor saxophone; Skeeter Best - guitar; Oscar Pettiford - bass; Connie Kaye - drums.
#2: Milt Jackson - vibraharp, (during Ray's sax chorus and Pettiford's 1st bass chorus:) piano; Ray Charles - alto saxophone, piano; Billy Mitchell - tenor saxophone; Skeeter Best - guitar; Oscar Pettiford - bass; Connie Kaye - drums.
#3, 4, 5: Milt Jackson - vibraharp; Ray Charles - piano; Billy Mitchell - tenor saxophone; Skeeter Best - guitar; Oscar Pettiford - bass; Connie Kaye - drums.
Engineered by Tom Dowd.
Recording dates: 12 September 1957, 10 April 1958. Atlantic 1279, 1958-06 (1957 - 1958).
"If it's really something good that was not on the record, that's okay, because when I perform I can make the performance of the song better than the record was."
The Genie
Ray Charles at the Apollo (Apr. or maybe Oct. 1959), working on his Wurlitzer. Photo by Alex Harsley.
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The Ray Charles Video Museum is a research project, documenting live performances by The Genius.
This blog is above all aMediagraphy. It's also a discography (or, more correctly, a trackography), aggregating all tunes that Ray sang and/or played - including the "canon" of 700 tracks listed on the official Ray Charles website, but also identifying the songs that have never been officially released, and e.g. the recordings of other artists, where Ray backed them on piano. Thirdly, this blog has evolved into a multimedia Chronology (click the years in the panel al the top of this page) of Ray's productive live.
I also try to do some justice to the more than 1,000 great musicians and singers who contributed to Ray's career (1, 2).
The Quotes page lists the wisest, craziest and funniest things that the Genius ever said. If you want to read more about Brother Ray, go here.
The availability of the streaming video and audio content on this blog is constantly under pressure. Some rights owners still think that sharing these videos damages their sales. I'm keeping disfunctional clips as placeholders - to show that the footage exists, and to replace them when new uploads appear on the Web.
The articles in this blog are continuously updated and improved. Your help is more than welcome.
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Sweat strangles mute eyes
As insinuations gush out through a hydrant of sorrow
Dreams, a world never seen
Mounded on Africa's anvil, tempered down home
Documented in cries and wails
Screaming to be ignored, crooning to be heard
Throbbing from the gutter
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