Genius + Soul = Jazz

Genius + Soul = Jazz
Studio album by Ray Charles
Released	March 1961
Recorded	December 26–27, 1960 New York City
Genre	Soul, jazz
Length	34:54
Label	Impulse! A-2
Producer	Ray Charles
Ray Charles chronology
Ray Charles in Person (1960) Genius + Soul = Jazz (1961) The Genius Hits the Road (1960)
Re-issue cover
1997 Rhino Records re-issue/compilation

Genius + Soul = Jazz is a 1961 album by Ray Charles.

Featuring arrangements by Quincy Jones and Ralph Burns, Charles is accompanied by members of The Count Basie Band. The album was re-issued by Rhino Records in 1997 on a single CD together with Charles' 1970 My Kind of Jazz.

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Track listing

1. "From the Heart" – 3:30
2. "I've Got News for You" (Ray Alfred) – 4:28
3. "Moanin'" (Bobby Timmons) – 3:14
4. "Let's Go" – 2:39
5. "One Mint Julep" (Rudy Toombs) – 3:02
6. "I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town" (William Weldon/Roy Jacobs) – 3:38
7. "Stompin' Room Only" – 3:35
8. "Mister C" – 4:28
9. "Strike Up the Band" – 2:35
10. "Birth of the Blues" – 5:05

Additional tracks on 1997 re-issue from My Kind of Jazz

11. "Golden Boy" (Strouse)
12. "Booty-Butt" (Charles)
13. "This Here" (Timmons)
14. "I Remember Clifford" (Golson)
15. "Sidewinder" (Morgan)
16. "Bluesette" (Thielemans)
17. "Pas-Se-O-Ne Blues" (Anderson)
18. "Zig Zag" (Baker)
19. "Angel City" (Edwards)
20. "Señor Blues" (Silver)

Personnel

• Ray Charles - vocals, Hammond B-3 organ
• Thad Jones - cornet
• Freddie Green - guitar
• Billy Mitchell - saxophone
• Frank Wess - saxophone
• Quincy Jones - arrangements

External links

• Album summary