Ray Charles in Concert

In Concert
Compilation album by Ray Charles
Released	2003
Recorded	Newport Jazz Festival (1958 July 5), Herndon Stadium Atlanta (1959 May 19), Sportpalast Berlin (1962 March 6), Shrine Auditorium Los Angeles (1964 September 20), Tokyo (1975 November 27) and Yokohama (1975 November 30)
Genre	R&B, soul
Length	2 hours
Label	Rhino Handmade
Producer	Nesuhi Ertegun (Newport), Zenas Sears (Atlanta), Norman Granz (Berlin), Sid Feller (Los Angeles) and Ray Charles (Tokyo / Yokohama)

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[1] 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

1. except "Swanee River Rock" recorded at Newport in 1958 but first released on 1987's re-issue / compilation Ray Charles Live

Further reading

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