Ray Charles - Music That Matters To Him was an album in Hear's
Artist's Choice series
, where he made a selection of the artists and songs that influenced and inspired him. It's always hard to assess to what degree rights clearing has been a restriction in a selection like this, but the result really seems consistent with Charles' known preferences (also cf.
this review).
Hear Music [= Rhino Special Products, distributed by Starbucks], 1 January 2003, ASIN: B000282OJA.
- Boo woo (Harry James with The Boogie Woogie Trio)
- Solitude (Duke Ellington)
- Stardust (Artie Shaw)
- Sweet Lorraine (Nat King Cole)
- How High The Moon [live] (Art Tatum)
- Driftin' Blues (Charles Brown)
- My Melancholy Baby (Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie)
- Sent For You Yesterday And Here You Come Today (Jimmy Rushing)
- We're All Together (Hank Jones)
- My Funny Valentine (Miles Davis)
- Mack The Knife (Ella Fitzgerald)
- Moanin' (Quincy Jones)
- Brotherhood Of Man (Oscar Peterson)
- Mary, Don't You Weep (Swan Silvertones)
- Respect (Aretha Franklin)
- Always On My Mind (Willie Nelson)
Below I've linked to clips that are identical with or come closest to Ray's selection. Only missing track #9, and offering a documentary clip about #14,
YouTube once again proofs what an incredible resource it has become.
Boo woo (Harry James, Pete Johnson; The Boogie Woogie Trio):
Solitude (Duke Ellington):
Sweet Lorraine (Nat King Cole):
How Hight The Moon (Art Tatum, 3 versions!):
Driftin' Blues (Charles Brown):
My Melancholy Baby (Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie):
Sent For You Yesterday And Here You Come Today (Jimmy Rushing with Count Basie Orchestra):
My Funny Valentine (Miles Davis):
Mack The Knife (Ella Fitzgerald):
Moanin' (Quincy Jones, with Clark Terry):
Brotherhood Of Man (Oscar Peterson, with Clark Terry):
[About] Mary, Don't You Weep (Swan Silvertones):
Respect (Aretha Franklin, live 1968):
Always On My Mind (Willie Nelson):
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