CD (20th Century Masterworks, also includes The Genius Of)

Genius + Soul = Jazz

Album by Ray Charles

Released 1961

Tracklist

1
From the Heart
3:39
2.0 ★
2
I’ve Got News for You
4:35
1.0 ★
3
Moanin’
3:21
4
Let’s Go
2:45
2.0 ★
5
One Mint Julep
3:08
1.0 ★
6
I’m Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town
3:45
2.0 ★
7
Stompin’ Room Only
3:49
8
Mister C
4:34
9
Strike Up the Band
2:39
10
Birth of the Blues
5:12
11
Let the Good Times Roll
2:54
2.0 ★
12
It Had to Be You
2:44
3.0 ★
13
Alexander’s Ragtime Band
2:54
2.0 ★
14
Two Years of Torture
3:26
1.0 ★
15
When Your Lover Has Gone
2:51
2.0 ★
16
Deed I Do
2:28
1.0 ★
17
Just For a Thrill
3:26
1.0 ★
18
You Won’t Let Me Go
3:22
1.0 ★
19
Tell Me You’ll Wait for Me
3:25
1.0 ★
20
Don’t Let the Sun Catch You Cryin’
3:46
2.5 ★
21
Am I Blue
3:38
2.0 ★
22
Come Rain or Come Shine
3:40
3.0 ★

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Release credits

Ahmet Ertegun
producer [11, 13, 15, 17]
Al Grey
trombone [1-3, 7-9]
Allen Hanlon
guitar [20]
Benny Powell
trombone [1-3, 7-9]
Billy Mitchell
tenor saxophone [1-3, 7-9, 12, 14]
Bob Brookmeyer
valve trombone [17-22]
Budd Johnson
tenor saxophone [4-6, 10]
Charlie Fowlkes
baritone saxophone [1-3, 7-9]
Clark Terry
trumpet [1-3, 7-9, 11-16]
Creed Taylor
producer [1-10]
David “Fathead” Newman
tenor saxophone [11-16]
Earle Warren
alto saxophone [4-6, 10]
Eddie Jones
double bass [1-3, 7-9]
Ernie Royal
trumpet [11-16]
Frank Foster
tenor saxophone [1-3, 7-9]
Frank Wess
alto saxophone [1-3, 7-9], flute [11-16], saxophone [11-16]
Freddie Green
guitar [1-3, 7-9]
George Dorsey
alto saxophone [4-6, 10]
George Matthews
trombone [4-6, 10]
Haywood Henry
baritone saxophone [4-6, 10]
Henry Coker
trombone [1-3, 7-9]
Jerry Wexler
producer [11-22]
Jimmy Cleveland
trombone [4-6, 10]
Jimmy Nottingham
trumpet [4-6, 10]
Joe Benjamin
double bass [4-6, 10]
Joe Newman
trumpet [1-3, 7-9, 11-16]
Joe Wilder
trumpet [4-6, 10]
John Frosk
trumpet [4-6, 10]
Keg Johnson
trombone [4-6, 10]
Marcus Belgrave
trumpet [11-16]
Marshall Royal
alto saxophone [1-3, 7-9, 11-16]
Melba Liston
trombone [11-16]
Nesuhi Ertegun
producer [11-22]
Paul Gonsalves
tenor saxophone [11-16]
Phillip Guilbeau
trumpet [1-3, 7-9]
Quentin Jackson
trombone [11-16]
Quincy Jones
arranger [1, 3, 5-8, 11-16]
Ralph Burns
arranger [2, 4, 9-10, 17-22]
Ray Charles
organ [1-10], piano [11-22], vocal [2, 5-6, 11-22]
Roy Haynes
drums (drum set) [4-6, 10]
Sam Herman
guitar [4-6, 10]
Seldon Powell
tenor saxophone [4-6, 10]
Snookie Young
trumpet [11-16]
Snooky Young
trumpet [1-3, 7-9]
Sonny Payne
drums (drum set) [1-3, 7-9]
Ted Sommer
drums (drum set) [20]
Thad Jones
trumpet [1-3, 7-9]
Urbie Green
trombone [1-10]
Wendell Marshall
bass [17-22]
Zoot Sims
tenor saxophone [11, 13, 15-16]
[unknown]
background vocals [20]

Issues

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(Combined release view)
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Genius + Soul = Jazz
12" Vinyl
1961
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Genius + Soul = Jazz
12" Vinyl
1961
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Genius + Soul = Jazz
CD
1988
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Genius + Soul = Jazz
12" Vinyl
1989
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Genius + Soul = Jazz
CD
1989
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Genius + Soul = Jazz
CD
1993
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Genius + Soul = Jazz
2x CD (2010 2-CD Expanded Edition)
6 April 2010
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Genius + Soul = Jazz
CD
24 January 2012
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Genius + Soul = Jazz
Hybrid SACD (CD layer), Hybrid SACD (SACD layer, 2 channels)
12 June 2012
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Genius + Soul = Jazz
Digital Media (24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo)
7 May 2021
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Genius + Soul = Jazz
12" Vinyl
14 May 2021
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Genius + Soul = Jazz
CD (20th Century Masterworks, also includes The Genius Of)
2021