Ray Charles - Berlin 1962

1. Band Intro
2. Strike Up The Band (With The Ray Charles Orchestra) 
3. One Mint Julep (With The Ray Charles Orchestra)  
4. I've Got A Woman 
5. Georgia On My Mind
6. Margie
7. The Danger Zone
8. Hallelujah I Love Her So
9. Come Rain Or Come Shine
10. Hide Nor Hair
11. Alexander's Ragtime Band
12. I Believe To My Soul
13. Hit The Road, Jack
14. The Right Time (Night Time Is --) (ft Margie Hendricx)
15. Bye, Bye Love
16. Unchain My Heart
17. What'd I Say

This concert of Brother Ray with big band and The Raelettes was recorded at the Sportpalast in Berlin on 6 March 1962, and was released in April 1996 by jazz impresario Norman Granz on the Pablo label, in the series Norman Granz' Jazz At The Philharmonic.

Personnel:
Musicians: Ray Charles - vocals, piano, organ; Marcus Belgrave, Wallace Davenport, Phil Guilbeau, John Hunt – trumpets; Henderson Chambers, James Harbert, Keg Johnson, Dickie Wells – trombones; Hank Crawford, Rudy Powell – alto saxophones; David Newman – tenor saxophone, alto saxophone, flute; Don Wilkerson – tenor saxophone; Leroy Cooper – baritone saxophone; Sonny Forriest – guitar; Edgar Willis – bass; Bruno Carr – drums. The Raelettes: Gwen Berry, Margie Hendricks, Pat Lyles, Darlene McCrea.
Norman Granz – producer.

Pablo 5301, 1996-04.

Strike Up The Band:


One Mint Julep (from Out Of The norm, The Life And Times Of Norman Granz, a BBC Radio 2 program from 12 December 2003):