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.

Angel Eyes (With Willie Nelson)

Album3 (VHS): The Willie Nelson Special With Special Guest Ray Charles, Embassy Home Entertainment, S.a.; (Laser Disc): Rhino/WEA, 9 July 2002.

Recorded at the Austin Opera House on 17 May 1984.
Jackie King - guitar; Don Hoss - piano; Sid Sims - electric bass; Bob Scott - drums.

The show was first broadcast in November 1985.

Angelina

Album: Strong Love Affair, Qwest Records  9362-46107-2, January 1996.

Recorded in Paris (instruments) and at RPM International in Los Angeles (voice). Produced by Jean-Pierre Grosz. For the personnel, follow the album link, above.

Written by Knut Koppang.



Portofino, 1995:


Montreux Jazz Festival, 1997:


Olympia, Paris, 2000:


Live:
Angelina was one of Ray's socalled euro ballads: tunes penned by European songwriters that were (almost) exclusively played during concerts in Europe.

'95 TV Sanremo NM
'95 LC Portofino
'96 LC London
'96 LC Maribor
'96 LC Lugano
'97 LC Montreux - Released
'99 LC Rome NM
'00 LC Paris - Released
'03 LC Melbourne

Anonymous Love

Album: True To Life, Crossover/Atlantic 19142, October 1977.
Single (B): Crossover/Atlantic 3443, November 1977, b/w I Can See Clearly Now

Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles, with a mix of road musicians from his Orchestra, and studio musicians. Ray sang his own backing vocals.

Tenor sax solo by Clifford Solomon.

Antárctica (Jingle, With Daniela Mercury)

Unreleased.

In 1994 Ray Charles and Daniela Mercury were featured in a commercial for the Brazilian beer brand Antárctica.

The spot was created by agency DM9. The music score included both singers, Daniela's band (with lots of percussion and brass), and Ray's piano.

As usual, Ray Charles' piano and all vocals were recorded in Los Angeles, and then mixed in São Paulo.

Anybody With The Blues

Album: From The Pages Of My Mind, Columbia 40388, September 1986.

Recorded in Nashville, and mixed in Los Angeles, at RPM International.

With Bobby Odgin, Timmy Tappan - piano; William Puett - horns; Hargus Pig Robbins, Bobby Wood - keyboards; Pete Bordonali, Pete Drake, Jerry Kennedy, Weldon Myrick, Dale Sellers - guitar; Billy Sanford, Henry Strzelecki, Bob Wray II - bass; Terry McMillan - harmonica, percussion; Kenny Malone - drums; The A Strings - strings. Backing vocals: Louis Nunley, Judy Rodman, Diane Tidwell, Hurshel Wiginton. Bill McElhiney - arranger and conductor.

Anyway You Want To (With The Raelettes)

Album: Brother Ray Is At It Again, Crossover/Atlantic SH 8546, March 1980.

Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles. With uncredited musicians, and The Raelettes.
Arranged by Larry Muhoberac.



Live:
'81 LC Barcelona
'85 LC Antibes
'85 LC NewHaven
'86 LC Lugano
'88 LC Masson
'88 LC Saratoga
'89 LC Paris - 2x

Aquarius/Let The Sun Shine In (With The National Urban Coalition)

Unreleased.

Filmed PSA TV campaign (30 and 120 seconds) with 100 celebrities, filmed in New York in December 1969 and first aired during The Ed Sullivan Show of March 9, 1970. Read this.

Fasten your seatbelts:

At The Club (With "Friends")

Single (A): At the Club, ABC 10314, March 1962, b/w Hide Nor Hair.
Compilation album: Singular Genius, Concord Records, 15 November 2011.
An alternative track was included on Modern Sounds In Country & Western Music. The William Claxton Collection. Jazz Images 38046, 2018.

Ray built a nice little studio party with his friends (the Orchestra and a Raelette, and/or also some real friends?) around this Percy Mayfield tune.



Live:
Between 1962 and 1964 the tune was part of the live repertoire of the band. No live recordings have surfaced.

Autumn Leaves (With Dizzy Gillespie A.O.)

Album (DVD): Ray Charles à Montreux 1978, S.r., S.a.

With Dizzy Gillespie (tp, solo), Hank Crawford (as) and David Newman (fl, ts), Mickey Roker (ds), Kenny Burrel (g),  George Duvivier (b), Esther Phillips (voc).