Ray Charles – The Great Ray Charles (Atlantic LP 1259)

Atlantic LP 1259 · 12-inch LP · 1957

LP 1259

The Great Ray Charles

Ray Charles

Released: August 1957
Tracks: 8

6 more tracks from these dates went to The Genius After Hours
2 more tracks from these dates went to The Blues In Modern Jazz

Who's on it

Ray Charles – piano, vocal
Oscar Pettiford – bass
Joe Harris – drums
Joe Bridgewater – trumpet
John Hunt – trumpet
David Newman – tenor, alto sax
Emmett Dennis – baritone sax
Roosevelt Sheffield – bass
William Peeples – drums

Credits

Producer: Ahmet Ertegun, Jerry Wexler
recording engineer: Earle Brown, Tom Dowd
design: Marvin Israel
cover photography: Lee Friedlander

The tracks

Side one

1The RayQuincy JonesNovember 20, 1956 · 22234:00
2My Melancholy BabyErnie Burnett, George A. NortonNovember 26, 1956 · 22304:20
3Black CoffeeSonny Burke, Paul WebsterApril 30, 1956 · 19685:32
4There's No YouTom Adair, Harold HopperNovember 26, 1956 · 22284:47

Side two

1Doodlin'Horace SilverNovember 26, 1956 · 22275:54
2Sweet Sixteen BarsNovember 20, 1956 · 2228A4:07
3I Surrender, DearHarry Barris, Gordon CliffordNovember 20, 1956 · 22245:08
4UndecidedSid Robin, Charlie ShaversNovember 26, 1956 · 22293:40

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Together elsewhere

The other albums at least two of these players are on together.

The whole band 1 album

	No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
	LP 1369	The Genius After Hours	Ray Charles	1961	Ray Charles, Oscar Pettiford, Joe Harris, Joe Bridgewater, John Hunt, David Newman, Emmett Dennis, Roosevelt Sheffield, William Peeples

7 of them 1 album

	No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
	LP 1337	The Blues In Modern Jazz	Various Artists	1961	Ray Charles, Joe Bridgewater, John Hunt, David Newman, Emmett Dennis, Roosevelt Sheffield, William Peeples

3 of them 2 albums

	No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
	LP 1239	Rock & Roll Forever	Various Artists	1956	Ray Charles, Joe Bridgewater, David Newman
	LP 1312	The Genius Of Ray Charles	Ray Charles With Ralph Burns' Orchestra	1959	Ray Charles, John Hunt, David Newman

2 of them 7 albums

	No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
	LP 1279	Soul Brothers	Milt Jackson & Ray Charles	1957	Ray Charles, Oscar Pettiford
	LP 1289	Ray Charles At Newport	Ray Charles	1958	Ray Charles, David Newman
	LP 1304	Fathead	Ray Charles Presents David Newman	1960	Ray Charles, David Newman
	LP 1356	More Soul	Hank Crawford	1961	John Hunt, David Newman
	LP 1360	Soul Meeting	Ray Charles, Milt Jackson	1961	Ray Charles, Oscar Pettiford
	LP 1372	The Soul Clinic	Hank Crawford	1962	John Hunt, David Newman
	LP 1387	From The Heart	Hank Crawford	1962	John Hunt, David Newman

Also from these sessions

Ray Charles – The Genius After Hours (Atlantic LP 1369)

LP 1369 · 1961The Genius After HoursRay Charles

Various Artists – The Blues In Modern Jazz (Atlantic LP 1337)

LP 1337 · 1961The Blues In Modern JazzVarious Artists

Sources

Jazz Discography Project (sessions, takes, personnel) · Wikipedia (release, running order, credits) · Discogs · MusicBrainz · AllMusic · Wikidata

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