Ray Charles in Concert

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Ray Charles In Concert is a limited edition compilation album of live performances by Ray Charles released in 2003 by Rhino Handmade. The tracks were all previously released on 5 different Ray Charles live concert albums released between 1958 and 1975.

Track listing

Disc one:

1. "Night Time Is the Right Time" (Ozzie Cadena, Lew Herman) – 3:58
2. "Talkin' 'Bout You" (Ray Charles) – 4:30
3. "A Fool for You" (Charles) – 7:05
4. "Swanee River Rock" (Charles) - 2:07
5. "The Spirit-Feel" (Milt Jackson) - 4:23
6. "Yes Indeed!" (Sy Oliver) - 2:39
7. "What'd I Say" (Charles) - 4:22
8. "Come Rain or Come Shine" (Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen) - 7:40
9. "Hit the Road Jack" (Percy Mayfield) - 2:20
10. "The Danger Zone" (Mayfield) - 3:45
11. "Bye Bye Love" (Felice Bryant, Boudleaux Bryant) - 2:00
12. "Georgia On My Mind" (Hoagy Carmichael, Stuart Gorrell) - 6:16
13. "One Mint Julep" (Rudolph Toombs) - 3:01
14. "I Believe to my Soul" (Charles) - 3:50
15. "Unchain My Heart"(Teddy Powell, Robert Sharp, Jr.) - 3:07
16. "Baby, Don't You Cry" (Johnson, Washington) – 2:42

Disc two:

1. "Hallelujah, I Love Her So" (Charles) – 3:00
2. "You Don't Know Me" (Eddy Arnold, Cindy Walker) – 3:10
3. "I Got a Woman" (Charles, Richard) – 6:11
4. "Hide nor Hair" (Mayfield) – 2:55
5. "Margie" (Con Conrad, Benny Davis, Russel Robinson) – 2:51
6. "Don't Set Me Free" (Powell) – 3:36
7. "Let the Good Times Roll" (Sam Theard, Fleecie Moore) – 3:09
8. "Busted" (Harlan Howard) – 2:10
9. "Don't Let Her Know" (Buck Owens, Don Rich, Bonnie Owens) – 4:23
10. "Then We'll Be Home" (Sadye Shepard) – 4:02
11. "I Can't Stop Loving You" (Don Gibson) – 3:15
12. "Feel So Bad" (Leslie Temple, James Johnsonl) – 9:57
13. "Living for the City" (Stevie Wonder) – 8:06

(Disc 1, tracks 1, 2, 3 originally released on Ray Charles at Newport)
(Disc 1, track 4 originally released on Ray Charles Live)
(Disc 1, tracks 5, 6, 7 originally released on Ray Charles in Person)
(Disc 1, tracks 8 ~ 15 originally released on Berlin, 1962)
(Disc 1, track 16 and disk 2, tracks 1 ~ 6 originally released on Ray Charles: Live in Concert)
(Disc 2, tracks 7 ~ 13 originally released on Ray Charles: Live in Japan)

Personnel

1958 Newport Jazz Festival performance

(Disk 1, tracks 1~4)

• Ray Charles – piano, vocals
• Marcus Belgrave – trumpet
• Lee Harper – trumpet
• David "Fathead" Newman – alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
• Bennie "Hank" Crawford – baritone saxophone
• Edgar Willis – bass
• Richie Goldberg – drums
• The Raeletts – backing vocals
  • Margie Hendrix
  • Pat Lyle
  • Darlene MacRea
• Nesuhi Ertegun – producer

1959 Atlanta concert

(Disk 1, tracks 5~7)

• Ray Charles – piano, vocals, alto saxophone (on "The Spirit Feel")
• Margie Hendrix – vocals
• Marcus Belgrave – trumpet
• John Hunt – trumpet
• David "Fathead" Newman – alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
• Bennie "Hank" Crawford – baritone saxophone
• Edgar Willis – bass
• Teagle Fleming – drums
• The Raeletts – backing vocals
  • Margie Hendrix
  • Pat Lyle
  • Darlene MacRea
• Zenas Sears – producer

1962 Berlin concert

(Disk 1, tracks 8 ~ 15)

• Ray Charles – piano, vocals
• Marcus Belgrave – trumpet
• Wallace Davenport – trumpet
• Philip Guilbeau – trumpet
• John Hunt – trumpet
• Henderson Chambers – trombone
• James Harbert – trombone
• Frederic "Keg" Johnson – trombone
• Dickie Wells – trombone
• Bennie "Hank" Crawford – alto saxophone
• Rudy Powell – alto saxophone
• David "Fathead" Newman – tenor saxophone, alto saxophone, flute
• Don Wilkerson – tenor saxophone
• Leroy "Hog" Cooper – baritone saxophone
• Elbert "Sonny" Forriest – guitar
• Edgar Willis – bass
• Edward "Bruno" Carr – drums
• The Raeletts – backing vocals
  • Gwen Berry
  • Margie Hendrix
  • Pat Lyle
  • Darlene MacRea
• Norman Granz – producer

1964 Los Angeles concert

(Disk 1, track 16 and disk 2, tracks 1 ~ 6)

• Ray Charles – piano, vocals
• Oliver Beener – trumpet
• Wallace Davenport – trumpet
• Philip Guilbeau – trumpet
• John Hunt – trumpet, flugelhorn
• Henderson Chambers – trombone
• James Harbert – trombone
• Frederic "Keg" Johnson – trombone
• Julian Priester – trombone
• Bennie "Hank" Crawford – alto saxophone
• William "Buddy" Pearson – alto saxophone, flute
• David "Fathead" Newman – tenor saxophone
• Leroy "Hog" Cooper – baritone saxophone
• Elbert "Sonny" Forriest – guitar
• Edgar Willis – bass
• Wilbert Hogan – drums
• The Raeletts – backing vocals
  • Gwen Berry
  • Lillian Forte
  • Pat Lyle
  • Darlene MacRae
• Sid Feller – producer

1975 Tokyo and Yokohama concerts

(Disk 2, tracks 7 ~ 13)

• Ray Charles – piano, vocals, producer
• Bob Caulsen – trumpet
• Johnny Coles – trumpet
• Jack Evans – trumpet
• Steve Davis – trombone
• Wally Huff – trombone
• Ken Tussing – trombone
• Eddie Pratt – alto saxophone
• Clifford Solomon – alto saxophone
• James Clay – tenor saxophone
• Andrew Ennis – tenor saxophone
• Leroy "Hog" Cooper – baritone saxophone
• Earnest Vantrease – organ
• Tony Mathews – guitar
• Edgar Willis – bass
• Scott von Ravensberg – drums
• The Raeletts – backing vocals
  • Susaye Greene
  • Mable John
  • Vernita Moss
  • Estelle Yarborough

References

• Ray Charles: In Concert (Rhino Handmade) liner notes
• In Concert at Allmusic.com