I Surrender Dear (With The Ray Charles Sextet)

Album: The Great Ray Charles, Atlantic 1259, August 1957.

Recorded on 20 November 1956 at the Capitol Recording Studios in New York with Joe Bridgewater, John Hunt - tp; David Newman - as, ts; Emmett Dennis - bs; William Peebles - ds; Roosevelt Sheffield - b. Arranged by Quincy Jones. Bob Arnold and Johnny Cue were the engineers.

Ray played piano and celeste on this one.

3/4 Of The Time (Ray Charles Orchestra)

Album: My Kind Of Jazz Part 3, Crossover 9007, October 1975.

Recorded on a new 16-track console in late 1974 and early 1975 at the RPM International Studio in Los Angeles.

With Johnny Coles, Jack Evans, Phil Guilbeau, Bob Coassin - trumpets; Ken Tussing, Glenn Childress, Steve Davis, Wally Huff - trombones; Eddie Pratt, Clifford Solomon - alto saxophones; James Clay, Andy Ennis - tenor saxophones; Leroy Cooper - baritone saxophone; Ernest Vantrease - piano, electric piano; Edgar Willis - bass; John Bryant - drums.  Ray didn't play.

Solos: James Clay - ts; Johnny Coles - tp.

Written by Roger Neumann.


Live:
The tune was part of the band's live repertoire, in an arrangement penned by Wayne Coniglio.

A Pair Of Threes (With The Ray Charles Orchestra)

Album: Jazz Number II, Tangerine 1512, January 1973.

Recorded at RPM International, in December 1971. Arranged by Alf Clausen.

Ray Charles - piano; Frank Szabo (lead), Tomas Cortez, Jack Walrath, Marcus Belgrave - trumpets; Mayo Tiana (lead), Jules Rowell, Glenn Childress, Dana Hughes (bass) - trombones; J. Lloyd Miller (alto, lead), James Clay (alto), David Newman (tenor), Don ??? or Andy Ennis (tenor), Leroy Cooper (baritone) - saxophones; Charles (Bags) Costello - organ, piano; Ralph Byrd - guitar;  Edgar Willis - electric bass; Ernie Elly - drums.



Live:
'75 LC Japan - Released

Ain't Misbehavin'

Album: The Genius After Hours, Atlantic 1369, June 1961 (1956, 1957).

Recorded on 20 November 1956 in New York with Joe Bridgewater, John Hunt - tp; David Newman - as, ts; Emmett Dennis - bs; William Peebles - ds; Roosevelt Sheffield - b.



Live:
68 TV Bishop - With George Burns (skit)

Along Came Betty (The Ray Charles Orchestra)

Album: Ray Charles Orchestra - Zurich 1961. TCB (Swiss Radio Days Jazz Series #41), [2016].

Written by Benny Golson. Arranged by Quincy Jones.
Solo: Marcus Belgrave on trumpet.

Personnel during the October 1961 Europe tour: Marcus Belgrave, Wallace Davenport, Phil Guilbeau, John Hunt - trumpets; Henderson Chambers, Leon Comegys, James Lee Harbert, Keg Johnson - trombones; Hank Crawford (band leader), Rudy Powell - alto saxophones; David Newman - tenor saxophone, flute; Don Wilkerson - tenor saxophone; Leroy Cooper - baritone saxophone; Bruno Carr - drums; Sonny Forriest - guitar; Edgar Willis - bass.

Benny Golson's great story on the genesis of the tune:


Live:
'61 LC Zurich
'61 LC Paris - 3x

Angel City (With The Ray Charles Orchestra)

Album: My Kind Of Jazz, Tangerine 1512. April 1970.

The album was recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles, from January 1 to 10, 1970.

Ray Charles - piano; J. Lloyd Miller - alto saxophone, oboe; Curtis Peagler - alto saxophone; Andy Ennis, Albert McQueen, Clifford Scott - tenor saxophone; Leroy Cooper - baritone saxophone; Bobby Bryant, Bill King, Marshall Hunt, Blue Mitchell, trumpet; Glen Childress, Henry Coker, Joe Randazzo, (+ Edward Comegys? or Fred Murrell? or David Phelps?) - trombone; Ben Martin - guitar; Edgar Willis - bass; Ernest Elly - drums.

Arranged by Teddy Edwards.

Bacio (The Ray Charles Orchestra)

Unreleased.

Unfortunately, up till now only an audience taped recording has surfaced, from a 1988 concert in Saratoga Springs.

You can listen to it here (first track).

The orchestra that night: Chuck Parrish, Jeff Helgesen, Ted Murdock, Jeff Kaye - trumpets; Armin Marmolejo, Steve Sigmund, James Romanek, Charlie Shofner - trombones; Chris Lega, Al Jackson, Mike Karn, Rudy Johnson, Scott Frillman - saxophones; Jeff Ballard - drums; Kenny Carr - guitar; Darren Solomon - bass; Ernest Vantrease - keyboards. The tune was penned by trombonist Dan Marcus.

Solo's: Jeff Kaye - tp; Armin Marmolejo - tb.

Live:
88 LC Saratoga

BBC (The Ray Charles Orchestra)

Unreleased.

The tune was written and arranged by Bob Florence.

Live:
'95 LC Tramps - Streamed
'96 LC Lugano
'96 LC Montauk

'97 LC Philly

Beatrice (The Ray Charles Orchestra)

Album (Blu Ray DVD): Ray Charles Live At Montreux 1997, Eagle Rock B001JL2V2E, December 2008.

Arranged by Wayne Coniglio.

1997 personnel: Ted Murdock, Roger Ingram, David Hoffman, Ken Scharf - trumpets; Mike Guerrier, Steve Sigmund, Clay Lawrey, Wayne Coniglio - trombones; Al Waters, Al Jackson, Steve Elliott, Rudy Johnson, James Farnsworth - saxophone; Kenny Carr - guitar; Tom Fowler - bass; Ernest Vantrease - keyboards; Peter Turre - drums.

Solo's by Wayne Coniglio - tb, David Hoffman - tp.

Montreux, 1997 (Track #2):


Live:
'90 LC Antibes
'92 LC Antibes
'97 LC Montreux - Released

Bill (The Ray Charles Orchestra)

Unreleased.

Unfortunately, this Onzy Matthews composition was only captured once, on an 'audience tape'...

You can listen to it here (track #3).

Chuck Parrish, Jeff Helgesen, Ted Murdock, Jeff Kaye - trumpets; Armin Marmolejo, Steve Sigmund, James Romanek, Charlie Shofner - trombones; Chris Lega, Al Jackson, Mike Karn, Rudy Johnson, Scott Frillman - saxophones; Jeff Ballard - drums; Kenny Carr - guitar; Darren Solomon - bass; Ernest Vantrease - keyboards.

Tenor solo by Mike Karn.

Live:
'88 LC Saratoga

Birth Of A Band (With The Ray Charles Orchestra)

Album (DVD): O Gênio, Rhino/WEA, 16 November 2004.

This was one of the charts donated by Quincy Jones to the book of the new Ray Charles big band in 1961.

Don't miss the tenor chase with Fathead and Tina Brooks in the O Gênio clip, from 1963. The full line-up in São Paulo: Musicians: Oliver Beener, Roy Burrows, Phil Guilbeau - trumpet; Julian Priester, Keg Johnson, James Harbert, Henderson Chambers - trombone; Harold Minerve, Danny Turner - alto saxophone; David Fathead Newman, Tina Brooks - tenor saxophone; Leroy Cooper - baritone saxophone; Wilbert Hogan - drums; Sonny Forriest - guitar; Edgar Willis - bass.

The 1961 renditions in Zurich and Paris (where Don Wilkerson was Fathead's 'chase' partner) were even better.

O Gênio, São Paulo, 1963:


'61 LC Zurich
'61 LC Paris - 3x
'63 LC Gênio - Released
'64 LC Copenhagen

Blowing The Blues Away (The Ray Charles Orchestra)

Album: Ray Charles - Live In Japan, Crossover 535, July 1976 (1975).

'68 LC Fresno
'75 LC Japan - Released
'75 LC Mexico

The band in Japan: Bob Coassin, Johnny Coles, Jack Evans – trumpets; Steve Davis, Wally Huff, Ken Tussing – trombones;  Ed Pratt, Clifford Solomon – alto saxophones; James Clay, Andy Ennis – tenor saxophones; Leroy  Cooper – baritone saxophone; Scott von Ravensberg – drums; Tony Matthews – guitar; Edgar Willis – bass; Ernest Vantrease – organ.

Solo's: EV - p; JE - tp; LC - bs; AE, JC - ts; BC - tp.

Blue Stone (The Ray Charles Septet)

Unreleased.

The Ray Charles 'Septet' had recorded this tune in October 1960 for Hank Crawford's album Soul Clinic (Atlantic SD 1372, 1962).
As a "Band Within The Band" they (John Hunt, Phil Guilbeau, Hank Crawford, David Fathead Newman, Leroy Cooper, Edgar Willis, and only Bruno Carr replacing Milt Turner on drums) were taped live three times during the Europe tours in 1961 and 1962.

In 1962, in Paris Ray played along on alto.

Live:
'61 LC Zurich
'61 LC Paris
'62 LC Paris

Blues For Nya Nya (The Ray Charles Orchestra)

Unreleased.

The tune was penned by Gerald Wilson (for his pet cat).

Only one live recording seems to have survived, performed at the Jazz à Juan festival in July 1985, taped for a radio broadcast.

Live:
'85 LC Antibes

Blues Waltz (With The Ray Charles Sextet)

Album: Ray Charles At Newport, Atlantic 1289, October 1958.

David Newman – tenor saxophone; Hank Crawford – baritone saxophone; Marcus Belgrave, Lee Harper – trumpet; Edgar Willis – bass; Richie Goldberg – drums.



Newport Jazz Festival, 1960:


Live:
'58 LC Newport - Released
'60 LC Newport - Released

Bluesette (With The Ray Charles Orchestra)

Album: My Kind Of Jazz, Tangerine 1512, April 1970.

The album was recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles, from January 1 to 10, 1970.

Ray Charles - piano; J. Lloyd Miller - alto saxophone, oboe; Curtis Peagler - alto saxophone; Andy Ennis, Albert McQueen, Clifford Scott - tenor saxophone; Leroy Cooper - baritone saxophone; Bobby Bryant, Bill King, Marshall Hunt, Blue Mitchell, trumpet; Glen Childress, Henry Coker, Joe Randazzo, (+ Edward Comegys? or Fred Murrell? or David Phelps?) - trombone; Ben Martin - guitar; Edgar Willis - bass; Ernest Elly - drums.

Booty Butt (With The Ray Charles Orchestra)

Album: My Kind Of Jazz, Tangerine 1512, April 1970.
Single (A): Tangerine 1015, March 1971, b/w Sidewinder.

Sheet music with
odd spelling error.

Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles, from January 1 to 10, 1970.

Ray Charles - vocal and piano (solo); J. Lloyd Miller - alto saxophone, oboe; Curtis Peagler - alto saxophone; Andy Ennis (solo), Albert McQueen, Clifford Scott - tenor saxophone; Leroy Cooper - baritone saxophone; Bobby Bryant, Bill King, Marshall Hunt, Blue Mitchell, trumpet; Glen Childress, Henry Coker, Joe Randazzo, (+ Edward Comegys? or Fred Murrell? or David Phelps?) - trombone; Ben Martin - guitar (solo); Edgar Willis - bass; Ernest Elly - drums.

The tune (penned by Ray Charles, featuring Andy Ennis on tenor saxophone) made it to #31 on the pop charts. We'll probably never know which band members (also) contributed to the 'backing vocals'.*

* Quincy Jones said: "Ray got to groovin' so good on Booty Butt that he couldn't resist sneakin' in a little soulful hum, and that got so good he had to go back and overdub it a few times more. And if you think Ray Charles sounds good by himself, just imagine four of him singing together."



Live:
'70 LC Paris - 2x (fragments)
'71 LC San Carlos

Brazilian Skies (The Ray Charles Orchestra)

Review of a concert at the Marin
Center in San Rafael (Aug. 25, 2002).

Album: Jazz Number II, Tangerine 1512, January 1973.

Recorded at RPM International, in December 1971. Arranged by Teddy Edwards.

Frank Szabo (lead), Tomas Cortez, Jack Walrath, Marcus Belgrave - trumpets; Mayo Tiano (lead), Jules Rowell, Glenn Childress, Dana Hughes (bass) - trombones; J. Lloyd Miller (alto, lead), James Clay (alto), David Newman (tenor), Don ??? or Andy Ennis (tenor), Leroy Cooper (baritone) - saxophones; Charles (Bags) Costello - organ, piano; Ralph Byrd - guitar;  Edgar Willis - electric bass; Ernie Elly - drums.



Live:
'78 LC Antibes
'92 LC Antibes

Captain Perfect (The Ray Charles Orchestra)

Unreleased.

Band instrumental penned by Alf Clausen.

Madrid personnel: Jeff Conrad, Bob Coassin, Phil Guilbeau, Jack Evans - trumpets; Wally Huff, Ken Tussing, Glen (Champ) Childress, Steve Davis - trombones; Andy Ennis, Clifford Solomon, Ed Pratt, James Clay - saxophones; Leroy Cooper - baritone saxophone, band leader; John Bryant - drums; Joe Harris - bass; Tony Matthews - guitar; Ernest Vantrease - keyboards.

Solos: Phil Guilbeau - trumpet; Ed Pratt - alto.

Madrid, 1975 (tune #3):


Live:
'75 LC Madrid
'76 LC Antibes

Chitlins With Candied Yams

Album: Ray's Moods, ABC/Paramount/Tangerine 550, 1966.

Recorded in August 1966 at RPM International, in Los Angeles.

Ray Charles - organ and piano; Rene Hall - guitar; Carol Kaye - bass; Hal Blaine - drums; The Raelettes - backing vocals.