Ray Charles In Concert is a limited edition compilation album of live performances by Ray Charles released in 2003 by Rhino Handmade. The tracks were all previously released on 5 different Ray Charles live concert albumsexcept "Swanee River Rock" recorded at Newport in 1958 but first released on 1987's re-issue / compilation Ray Charles Live released between 1958 and 1975.
Track listing Disc one: "Night Time Is the Right Time" (Ozzie Cadena, Lew Herman) – 3:58 "Talkin' 'Bout You" (Ray Charles) – 4:30 "A Fool for You" (Charles) – 7:05 "Swanee River Rock" (Charles) – 2:07 "The Spirit-Feel" (Milt Jackson) – 4:23 "Yes Indeed!" (Sy Oliver) – 2:39 "What'd I Say" (Charles) – 4:22 "Come Rain or Come Shine" (Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen) – 7:40 "Hit the Road Jack" (Percy Mayfield) – 2:20 "The Danger Zone" (Mayfield) – 3:45 "Bye Bye Love" (Felice Bryant, Boudleaux Bryant) – 2:00 "Georgia On My Mind" (Hoagy Carmichael, Stuart Gorrell) – 6:16 "One Mint Julep" (Rudolph Toombs) – 3:01 "I Believe to my Soul" (Charles) – 3:50 "Unchain My Heart"(Teddy Powell, Robert Sharp Jr.) – 3:07 "Baby, Don't You Cry" (Johnson, Washington) – 2:42 Disc two: "Hallelujah, I Love Her So" (Charles) – 3:00 "You Don't Know Me" (Eddy Arnold, Cindy Walker) – 3:10 "I Got a Woman" (Charles, Richard) – 6:11 "Hide nor Hair" (Mayfield) – 2:55 "Margie" (Con Conrad, Benny Davis, Russel Robinson) – 2:51 "Don't Set Me Free" (Powell) – 3:36 "Let the Good Times Roll" (Sam Theard, Fleecie Moore) – 3:09 "Busted" (Harlan Howard) – 2:10 "Don't Let Her Know" (Buck Owens, Don Rich, Bonnie Owens) – 4:23 "Then We'll Be Home" (Sadye Shepard) – 4:02 "I Can't Stop Loving You" (Don Gibson) – 3:15 "Feel So Bad" (Leslie Temple, James Johnsonl) – 9:57 "Living for the City" (Stevie Wonder) – 8:06
(Disc 1, tracks 1, 2, 3 originally released on Ray Charles at Newport) (Disc 1, track 4 originally released on Ray Charles Live) (Disc 1, tracks 5, 6, 7 originally released on Ray Charles in Person) (Disc 1, tracks 8 ~ 15 originally released on Berlin, 1962) (Disc 1, track 16 and disk 2, tracks 1 ~ 6 originally released on Ray Charles: Live in Concert) (Disc 2, tracks 7 ~ 13 originally released on Ray Charles: Live in Japan)
Personnel
1958 Newport Jazz Festival performance (Disk 1, tracks 1~4) Ray Charles – piano, vocals Marcus Belgrave – trumpet Lee Harper – trumpet David "Fathead" Newman – alto saxophone, tenor saxophone Bennie "Hank" Crawford – baritone saxophone Edgar Willis – bass Richie Goldberg – drums The Raeletts – backing vocals Margie Hendrix Pat Lyle Darlene MacRea Nesuhi Ertegun – producer
1959 Atlanta concert (Disk 1, tracks 5~7) Ray Charles – piano, vocals, alto saxophone (on "The Spirit Feel") Margie Hendrix – vocals Marcus Belgrave – trumpet John Hunt – trumpet David "Fathead" Newman – alto saxophone, tenor saxophone Bennie "Hank" Crawford – baritone saxophone Edgar Willis – bass Teagle Fleming – drums The Raeletts – backing vocals Margie Hendrix Pat Lyle Darlene MacRea Zenas Sears – producer
1962 Berlin concert (Disk 1, tracks 8 ~ 15) Ray Charles – piano, vocals Marcus Belgrave – trumpet Wallace Davenport – trumpet Philip Guilbeau – trumpet John Hunt – trumpet Henderson Chambers – trombone James Harbert – trombone Frederic "Keg" Johnson – trombone Dickie Wells – trombone Bennie "Hank" Crawford – alto saxophone Rudy Powell – alto saxophone David "Fathead" Newman – tenor saxophone, alto saxophone, flute Don Wilkerson – tenor saxophone Leroy "Hog" Cooper – baritone saxophone Elbert "Sonny" Forriest – guitar Edgar Willis – bass Edward "Bruno" Carr – drums The Raeletts – backing vocals Gwen Berry Margie Hendrix Pat Lyle Darlene MacRea Norman Granz – producer
1964 Los Angeles concert (Disk 1, track 16 and disk 2, tracks 1 ~ 6) Ray Charles – piano, vocals Oliver Beener – trumpet Wallace Davenport – trumpet Philip Guilbeau – trumpet John Hunt – trumpet, flugelhorn Henderson Chambers – trombone James Harbert – trombone Frederic "Keg" Johnson – trombone Julian Priester – trombone Bennie "Hank" Crawford – alto saxophone William "Buddy" Pearson – alto saxophone, flute David "Fathead" Newman – tenor saxophone Leroy "Hog" Cooper – baritone saxophone Elbert "Sonny" Forriest – guitar Edgar Willis – bass Wilbert Hogan – drums The Raeletts – backing vocals Gwen Berry Lillian Forte Pat Lyle Darlene MacRae Sid Feller – producer
1975 Tokyo and Yokohama concerts (Disk 2, tracks 7 ~ 13) Ray Charles – piano, vocals, producer Bob Caulsen – trumpet Johnny Coles – trumpet Jack Evans – trumpet Steve Davis – trombone Wally Huff – trombone Ken Tussing – trombone Eddie Pratt – alto saxophone Clifford Solomon – alto saxophone James Clay – tenor saxophone Andrew Ennis – tenor saxophone Leroy "Hog" Cooper – baritone saxophone Earnest Vantrease – organ Tony Mathews – guitar Edgar Willis – bass Scott von Ravensberg – drums The Raeletts – backing vocals Susaye Greene Mable John Vernita Moss Estelle Yarborough
References
Further reading Ray Charles: In Concert (Rhino Handmade) liner notes In Concert at [ Allmusic.com]