Ray Charles - Genius + Soul = Jazz
Genre: Jazz, Funk / Soul
Singer: Ray Charles
Title: Genius + Soul = Jazz
Short-info: Label: Impulse! ‎– A-2
Type: Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Gatefold
Country: US
Date of released: Feb 1961
Category: Jazz, Funk / Soul
Style: Rhythm & Blues, Big Band, Soul, Soul-Jazz
MP3 album size .rar: 1335 mb
APE album size .rar: 1645 mb
Digital formats: MP3 FLAC MOD VQF AC3 MPC XM TTA FLAC

Tracklist Hide Credits

A1 From The Heart
Written-By – Ray Charles
3:30
A2 I've Got News For You
Written-By – Ray Alfred*
4:28
A3 Moanin'
Written-By – Bobby Timmons
3:14
A4 Let's Go
Written-By – Ray Charles
2:39
A5 One Mint Julep
Written-By – Randolph Toombs*
3:02
B1 I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town
Written-By – Roy Jacobs, William Weldon
3:38
B2 Stompin' Room Only
Written-By – Howard Marks
3:35
B3 Mister C
Written-By – Ray Charles
4:28
B4 Strike Up The Band
Written-By – George & Ira Gershwin
2:35
B5 Birth Of The Blues
Written-By – DeSylva, Brown & Henderson*
5:05

Companies, etc.

  • Manufactured By – Am-Par Record Corp.
  • Designed At – Viceroy
  • Published By – Tangerine Music Corp.
  • Published By – United Music Corp.
  • Published By – Totem Music
  • Published By – Progressive Music Corp.
  • Published By – Regent Music
  • Published By – Leeds Music Corp.
  • Published By – Melody Lane Pub.
  • Published By – New World Music Corp.
  • Published By – Harms, Inc.
  • Mastered At – Longwear Plating

Credits

  • Alto Saxophone – Earle Warren (tracks: A4 to B1, B5), Frank Wess (tracks: A1 to A3, B2 to B4), George Dorsey (tracks: A4 to B1, B5), Marshall Royal (tracks: A1 to A3, B2 to B4)
  • Arranged By – Quincy Jones (tracks: A1, A3, A5 to B3), Ralph Burns (tracks: A2, A4, B4, B5)
  • Baritone Saxophone – Charlie Fowlkes (tracks: A1 to A3, B2 to B4), Haywood Henry (tracks: A4 to B1, B5)
  • Bass – Eddy Jones* (tracks: A1 to A3, B2 to B4), Joe Benjamin (tracks: A4 to B1, B5)
  • Design – Robert Flynn/Viceroy*
  • Drums – Roy Haynes (tracks: A4 to B1, B5), Sonny Payne (tracks: A1 to A3, B2 to B4)
  • Featuring [Hammond Organ] – Charles* (tracks: B3)
  • Featuring [Organ] – Ray* (tracks: B2, B4)
  • Featuring [Trumpet] – Phillip Guilbeau (tracks: A3, B4)
  • Guitar – Freddy Green* (tracks: A1 to A3, B2 to B4), Sam Herman (tracks: A4 to B1, B5)
  • Lacquer Cut By – RVG*
  • Liner Notes – Dick Katz
  • Organ – Ray Charles
  • Organ [Fills] – Ray* (tracks: A4)
  • Photography By – Bob Gomel
  • Producer – Creed Taylor
  • Soloist [Organ] – Ray* (tracks: A3, B3)
  • Soloist [Tenor Sax] – Billy Mitchell (tracks: B3), Frank Foster (tracks: A4)
  • Soloist [Trombone] – Urbie Green (tracks: B3)
  • Soloist [Trumpet] – Phillip Guilbeau (tracks: A1, B3), Guilbeau* (tracks: A4, B2)
  • Tenor Saxophone – Billy Mitchell (tracks: A1 to A3, B2 to B4), Budd Johnson (tracks: A4 to B1, B5), Frank Foster (tracks: A1 to A3, B2 to B4), Seldon Powell (tracks: A4 to B1, B5)
  • Trombone – Al Grey (tracks: A1 to A3, B2 to B4), Benny Powell (tracks: A1 to A3, B2 to B4), George Matthews (tracks: A4 to B1, B5), Henry Coker (tracks: A1 to A3, B2 to B4), Jimmy Cleveland (tracks: A4 to B1, B5), Keg Johnson (tracks: A4 to B1, B5), Urbie Green
  • Trumpet – Clark Terry, Eugene Young (tracks: A1 to A3, B2 to B4), Jimmy Nottingham (tracks: A4 to B1, B5), Joe Newman (tracks: A1 to A3, B2 to B4), Joe Wilder (tracks: A4 to B1, B5), John Frosk (tracks: A4 to B1, B5), Phillip Guilbeau, Thad Jones (tracks: A1 to A3, B2 to B4)
  • Trumpet [Introductions] – Clark Terry (tracks: B1)
  • Trumpet [Obbligato] – Phillip Guilbeau (tracks: B1)
  • Vocals – Ray Charles (tracks: A2, B1)

Notes

Original MONO A-2 release

Recorded in December 26th and 27th, 1960.
Also released as Genius + Soul = Jazz and Genius + Soul = Jazz in Stereo.

A1, A4, B3: Tangerine Music Corp.-BMI
A2: United Music Corp.-ASCAP
A3: Totem Music-ASCAP
A5: Progressive Music Corp.-BMI and Regent Music-BMI
B1: Leeds Music Corp.-ASCAP
B2: Melody Lane Pub.-BMI
B4: New World Music Corp.-ASCAP
B5: Harms, Inc.-ASCAP

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, etched): 1060 A2-A-1 LW
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, etched): A2∙ B-1 RE II LW
  • Matrix / Runout (Both sides' runouts, stamped): RVG
  • Rights Society (A1, A4, A5, B2, B3): BMI
  • Rights Society (A2, A3, B1, B4, B5): ASCAP

Other versions

Category Artist Title (Format) Label Category Country Year
AS-2, A-2 Ray Charles Genius + Soul = Jazz ‎(LP, Album) Impulse!, Impulse! AS-2, A-2 US 1961
PACD 025 Ray Charles Genius + Soul = Jazz ‎(CD, Album, RE) Castle Communications PACD 025 Australasia 1992
A- 2 Ray Charles Genius + Soul = Jazz ‎(LP, Album, Mono) Impulse! A- 2 US 1961
DZS-038 Ray Charles Genius + Soul = Jazz ‎(CD, Album) DCC Compact Classics DZS-038 US 1988
A 2 Ray Charles Genius + Soul = Jazz ‎(LP, Album, Gat) Impulse! A 2 France 1961

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