Yes Indeed! (1958)

1. What Would I Do Without You
2. It's All Right
3. I Want To Know
4. Yes Indeed
5. Get On The Right Track Baby
6. Talkin' 'Bout You
7. Swanee River Rock (Talkin' 'Bout That River)
8. Lonely Avenue
9. Blackjack
10. The Sun's Gonna Shine Again
11. I Had A Dream
12. I Want A Little Girl
13. Heartbreaker
14. Leave My Woman Alone

Tom Dowd introduced his new eight-track recording to Ray Charles for the sessions on this album. The Cookies did the backing vocals, and would soon become The Raelettes.

Personnel*:
Ray Charles - piano, vocals, Joshua Willis - trumpet (1), Joe Bridgewater - trumpet (1, 6, 7, 9, 12), John Hunt - trumpet (2, 3, 5, 8, 14), Marcus Belgrave - trumpet (4, 11), Lee Harper - trumpet (4, 11), Ricky Harper - trumpet (6, 7, 12), Charles Whitley - trumpet (9), Jesse Drakes - trumpet (13), Don Wilkerson - tenor saxophone (1, 9), David Newman - tenor saxophone, alto saxophone (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 14), Sam Taylor - tenor saxophone (13), Cecil Payne - baritone saxophone (1), Emmet Dennis - baritone saxophone (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,8,11,12, 14), David Newman - baritone saxophone (9), Dave McRae - baritone saxophone (13), Wesley Jackson - guitar (9), Mickey Baker - guitar (13), Paul West - bass (1), Roosevelt Sheffield - bass (2, 3, 5, 8, 14), Edgar Willis - bass (4, 6, 7, 11, 12), Jimmy Bell - bass (9), Lloyd Trotman - bass (13), Panoma Francis - drums (1), William Peeples - drums (2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12, 14), Richie Goldberg - drums (4, 11), Glenn Brooks - drums (9), Connie Kay - drums (13), The Cookies - vocals (3, 8, 14), The Raelettes - vocals (6, 7, 12), Mary Ann Fisher - vocals (6, 7, 12).
Atlantic 8025, 1958-10.

And Jimmy Giuffre played tambourine.

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