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Ray Charles
The Genius Of Ray Charles
Album US 1959 on Atlantic label
Jazz and Pop (Soul-Jazz, Big Band, Soul)
Original green label stereo pressing.
Musicians
 | Ray Charles voc, p, 1930-2004 US piano, vocals, album by |
 | Marshall Royal as, sax, 1912-1995 US alto saxophone |
 | Bennie Crawford baritone saxophone |
 | Charlie Fowlkes bs, sax, 1916-1980 US baritone saxophone |
 | Eddie Jones b, 1929-1997 US bass |
 | Edgar Willis b, US bass |
 | Wendell Marshall b, 1920-2002 US bass |
 | Jose Mangual bgo, 1924-1998 PR bongos |
 | Charlie Persip dr, *1929 US drums |
 | Teagle Fleming dr, drums |
 | Teddy Sommer perc, dr, *1924 US drums |
 | Frank Wess fl, ts, sax, 1922-2013 US flute, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone |
 | Allen Hanlon g, US guitar |
 | Freddie Green g, 1911-1987 US guitar |
 | David "Fathead" Newman ts, fl, 1933-2009 US soloist, tenor saxophone, tenor saxophone |
 | Paul Gonsalves ts, sax, 1920-1974 US soloist, tenor saxophone, tenor saxophone |
 | Marcus Belgrave tr, 1936-2015 US soloist, trumpet, trumpet |
 | Billy Mitchell ts, sax, 1926-2001 US tenor saxophone |
 | Zoot Sims ts, 1925-1985 US tenor saxophone |
 | Al Grey tb, 1925-2000 US trombone |
 | Bob Brookmeyer tb, 1929-2011 US trombone |
 | Melba Liston tb, 1926-1999 US trombone |
 | Quentin Jackson tb, 1909-1976 US trombone |
 | Thomas Mitchell tb, 1926-2003 US trombone |
 | Clark Terry tr, fh, 1920-2015 US trumpet |
 | Ernie Royal tr, 1921-1983 US trumpet |
 | Eugene Young tr, 1919-2011 US trumpet |
 | Joe Newman tr, 1922-1992 US trumpet |
 | John Hunt tr, US trumpet |
 | Quincy Jones voc, tr, *1933 US arranged by |
 | Ernie Wilkins ts, 1922-1999 US arranged by |
 | Ralph Burns p, 1922-2001 US arranged by |
 | Johnny Acea p, 1917-1963 US arranged by |
 | Al Cohn ts, 1925-1988 US arranged by |
Producers
| Harry Lookofsky concertmaster |
| Marvin Israel design, cover |
| Bill Schwartau engineer, recording |
| Tom Dowd engineer, recording |
| Nat Hentoff liner notes |
| Lee Friedlander photography by, cover |
| Jerry Wexler supervised by |
| Nesuhi Ertegun supervised by |
Album Tracks 
| No | |
Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Let The Good Times Roll | Ray Charles | Fleecie Moore, Sam Theard | 2:49 |
| 2 | | It Had To Be You | Ray Charles | Gus Kahn, Isham Jones | 2:41 |
| 3 | | Alexander's Ragtime Band | Ray Charles | Irving Berlin | 2:50 |
| 4 | | Two Years Of Torture | Ray Charles | Charles Joseph Morris, Percy Mayfield | 3:22 |
| 5 | | When Your Lover Has Gone | Ray Charles | Einar Aaron Swan | 2:47 |
| 6 | | Deed I Do | Ray Charles | Fred Rose, Walter Hirsch | 2:23 |
| 7 | | Just For A Thrill | Ray Charles | Don Raye, Lil Hardin-Armstrong | 3:21 |
| 8 | | You Won't Let Me Go | Ray Charles | Bud Allen, Buddy Johnson | 3:16 |
| 9 | | Tell Me You'll Wait For Me | Ray Charles | Charles Brown, Oscar Moore | 3:21 |
| 10 | | Don't Let The Sun Catch You Cryin' | Ray Charles | Joe Greene | 3:42 |
| 11 | | Am I Blue | Ray Charles | Grant Clarke, Harry Akst | 3:35 |
| 12 | Come Rain Or Come Shine | Ray Charles | Harold Arlen & Johnny Mercer | 3:40 |
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