[Dixielandjazz] Ray Charles reviewed

[Marek Boym]

Many yeas ago I told a friend that I had acquired a Ray Charles LP,
and the inevirable reply was "have you lost your mind?"
What I did not tell him was that there were no vocals, and Charles
played the alto saxophone!
What might surprise many is that I've bought that record on the
recommendation of no other than Rudi Blesh - no, not in person, but in
a revised edition of "Shining Trumpets."  Ray Charles is paired there
with Milt Jackson.
I still have the LP (I bought the other volume as well, but have given
it to a friend whao wanted it so very much!).

Cheers

On 6 April 2011 08:07, Robert Ringwald <rsr at ringwald.com> wrote:
> Perhaps not OKOM but certainly MKOM.
>
>
> Charles Reigns Anew
> by Jonathank Takiff
> Philadelphia Daily News, April 5, 2011
> When first released in 1965 by ABC/Paramount, "Ray Charles Live in Concert" was a
> landmark. In its new, extended-length CD/streaming edition on Concord (A+), the encounter
> is revelatory.
> Limited by vinyl's 22-minutes-a-side capacity, the original leaned on the snappy,
> jumping selections from Charles' show with his 12 horns a-blasting big band -- tunes
> such as "I Got a Woman" and "Hallelujah, I Love Her So."
> The LP also shared his comic genius with a gleefully tossed-off "Makin' Whoopee"
> that would serve as role model for EVERY version recorded thereafter. (Liner notes
> reveal Charles had no idea this album was being taped, so he was at his most playful
> best.)
> Now in the newly extended and digitally remastered version, the concert feels more
> balanced and momentous. Ballad gems "Georgia on My Mind" and "That Lucky Old Sun"
> are served in richly nuanced and leisurely treatments. And Brother Ray's party tray
> expands with the scorching Afro-Cuban instrumental "One Mint Julep," his laugh-to-keep-from-crying
> belter "Busted" and just-for-giggles "Two Ton Tessie."
> All said, here's one of the 20th-century's greatest musical treasures at the peak
> of his youthful performing powers.
>
>
> --Bob Ringwald
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