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Ray Charles: UnreleasedRay Charles
Release Date: 03/14/2006
Original Release:
2006
# of Discs:
1
J&R Item # 684721_CD
UPC # 048612715424
Label: Night Train International
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Performer: Ray Charles
Producer: Aaron Fuchs (Reissue) Distributor: Allegro Corporation (Dist Notes: Offering a glimpse of Ray Charles in his formative years, the Night Train label's UNRELEASED presents alternate versions of some of the R&B legend's earliest recordings (1949-'54). At this stage in his career, Charles had yet to find his signature voice and was performing in a style that directly referenced the smooth crooning and gentle piano playing of Nat "King" Cole (see the jazzy, delicate numbers "I'm Glad for Your Sake" and "I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now"). Given the fluctuating sound quality and many false starts and incomplete takes, this is a disc for Charles completists, but definitely an intriguing one.
There are few musicians in modern pop music who can truly be called "genius," but in the case of Ray Charles, the term applies. His innovative singing, drawing on both gospel and pop, has inspired legions of great singers. With a long, prolific recording career that began in 1949, Charles became perhaps the finest interpreter of pop music in the postwar years. A gifted pianist, songwriter, and vocalist, he was a master of every style he attempted, be it R&B, country, blues, or soul. The man who wrote such indelible R&B classics as "I Got a Woman" and "What'd I Say" passed away in 2004, a legend several times over. The same year, a remarkable performance by Jamie Foxx in the biopic RAY served as a fitting cinematic eulogy.
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