Soul Meeting
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Released | 1961 | |||
Recorded | April 10, 1958 | |||
Genre | R&B, jazz | |||
Length | 37:43 | |||
Label | Atlantic | |||
Producer | Tom Dowd | |||
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Soul Meeting is a 1961 Atlantic Records album of recordings made by Ray Charles and Milt Jackson in 1957. The album was later re-issued together with the earlier Soul Brothers (1958), on a 2 CD compilation together with other 'bonus' tracks from the same Charles and Jackson recording sessions.
Reception
[edit]On release the album was given a rating of 3.5 out of 5 in the February 1963 issue of Down Beat magazine.[1] In a retrospective review for AllMusic, Cub Koda described the music as "bluesy jazz in a laid-back manner".[2]
Track listing
[edit]All songs composed by Ray Charles except as indicated.
Original LP release
[edit]LP side A
- "Hallelujah, I Love Her So" – 5:27
- "Blue Genius" – 6:38
- "X-Ray Blues" – 7:01
LP side B
- "Soul Meeting" (Milt Jackson) – 6:03
- "Love on My Mind" – 3:45
- "Bags of Blues" (Jackson) – 8:49
Later CD compilation/re-issue
[edit]CD disc 1
- "How Long Blues" (Leroy Carr) – 9:16
- "Cosmic Ray" – 5:23
- "The Genius After Hours" – 5:24
- "Charlesville" – 4:55
- "Bags Of Blues" (Jackson) – 8:50
- "'Deed I Do" (Walter Hirsch, Fred Rose) – 5:50
- "Blue Funk" – 8:05
CD disc 2
- "Soul Brothers" (Quincy Jones) – 9:34
- "Bag's Guitar Blues" (Jackson) – 6:27
- "Soul Meeting" (Jackson) – 6:04
- "Hallelujah, I Love Her So" – 5:29
- "Blue Genius" – 6:40
- "X-Ray Blues" – 8:10
- "Love On My Mind" – 3:46
Personnel
[edit]- Ray Charles – vocals, piano, alto saxophone[3]
- Milt Jackson – vibraphone
- Billy Mitchell – tenor saxophone
- Kenny Burrell – guitar
- Oscar Pettiford – bass
- Percy Heath – bass
- Connie Kay – drums
- Art Taylor – drums
- Tom Dowd – engineer
References
[edit]- ^ Down Beat: February 14, 1963 Vol. 30, No. 4
- ^ Cub Koda. "Ray Charles / Milt Jackson Soul Brothers/Soul Meeting". AllMusic.
- ^ "Vinyl Album: Ray Charles and Milt Jackson - Soul Meeting (1961)".
Other sources
[edit]- Atlantic Records 1360
- Soul Meeting at allmusic.com
- Soul Meeting at discogs.com