Genius + Soul = Jazz

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Genius + Soul = Jazz
GeniusPlusSoulEqualsJazz RayCharles.jpg
Studio album by
Ray Charles
ReleasedFebruary 1961[1]
RecordedDecember 26–27, 1960
StudioVan Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
GenreJazz
Length34:54
LabelImpulse! Records
A–2
ProducerCreed Taylor
Ray Charles chronology
Soul Meeting
(1961) 		Genius + Soul = Jazz
(1961) 		The Genius After Hours
(1961)

Genius + Soul = Jazz is a 1961 album by Ray Charles featuring big band arrangements by Quincy Jones and Ralph Burns. Charles is accompanied by two groups drawn from members of The Count Basie Band and from the ranks of top New York session players. It was recorded at Van Gelder Studio in two sessions on December 26 and 27, 1960[2] and originally released on the Impulse! label as Impulse! A–2.

It was voted number 360 in Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums 3rd Edition (2000).[3] The album was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2011.[4][5] It was re-issued in the UK, first in 1989 on the Castle Communications "Essential Records" label, and by Rhino Records in 1997 on a single CD together with Charles' 1970 My Kind of Jazz. In 2010, Concord Records released a deluxe edition comprising digitally remastered versions of Genius + Soul = Jazz, My Kind of Jazz, Jazz Number II, and My Kind of Jazz Part 3.[5][6]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic4.5/5 stars link
Warr.org4.5/5 stars link
Encyclopedia of Popular Music5/5 stars[7]

Track listing[]

  1. "From the Heart" (Ray Charles) arr. Quincy Jones – 3:30
  2. "I've Got News for You" (Roy Alfred) arr. Ralph Burns – 4:28
  3. "Moanin'" (Bobby Timmons) arr. Quincy Jones – 3:14
  4. "Let's Go" (Ray Charles) arr. Ralph Burns – 2:39
  5. "One Mint Julep" (Rudy Toombs) arr. Quincy Jones – 3:02
  6. "I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town" (Andy Razaf, Casey Bill Weldon) arr. Quincy Jones – 3:38
  7. "Stompin' Room Only" (Howard Marks) arr. Ralph Burns – 3:35
  8. "Mister C" (Ray Charles) arr. Ralph Burns – 4:28
  9. "Strike Up the Band" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) arr. Quincy Jones – 2:35
  10. "Birth of the Blues" (Ray Henderson, Buddy G. DeSylva, Lew Brown) arr. Ralph Burns – 5:05

Personnel[]

On all tracks[]

December 26, 1960, session: Tracks 1, 2, 3, 7, 8 & 9[]

December 27, 1960, session: Tracks 4, 5, 6 & 10[]

References[]

  1. ^ Cash Box, February 25 1961, page 32
  2. ^ C. Michael Bailey, "Ray Charles: Genius + Soul = Jazz", All About Jazz.
  3. ^ Colin Larkin, ed. (2000). All Time Top 1000 Albums (3rd ed.). Virgin Books. p. 140. ISBN 0-7535-0493-6.
  4. ^ Past Recipients, Grammy Hall of Fame. Archived January 22, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b ""Genius + Soul = Jazz" Album Selected for GRAMMY Music Hall of Fame®", Ray Charles website". Archived from the original on 2013-07-27. Retrieved 2013-08-09.
  6. ^ David Bowling, "Music Review: Ray Charles – Genius + Soul = Jazz (Expanded Edition)", Blogcritics, April 3, 2010.
  7. ^ Larkin, Colin (2011). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th ed.). Omnibus Press. p. 3074. ISBN 978-0857125958.
  8. ^ https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052970203806504577180932802903306

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