[Music] Ray Charles - Ray Sings, Basie Swings

1. Oh What A Beautiful Morning
2. Let The Good Times Roll
3. How Long Has This Been Going On?
4. Every Saturday Night
5. I Can't Stop Loving You
6. Cryin' Time
7. Busted
8. Come Live With Me
9. Feel So Bad
10. The Long And Winding Road
11. Look What They've Done To My Song
12. Georgia On My Mind

Ray Charles/Count Basie Orchestra:
Ray Charles (vocals, piano);
Will Matthews (guitar);
Marshall McDonald (flute, alto saxophone);
Scotty Barnhart (trumpet);
Clarence Banks (trombone);
Tony Suggs (piano);
James Leary (bass instrument);
Butch Miles (drums); Patti Austin, Valerie Pinkston (background vocals).
Recording information: 1973.
The title of this set is slightly misleading: it isn't--as much as music fans may wish it--a collaboration between Ray Charles and Count Basie. Instead, the contents of this 2006 release contain recordings Ray Charles made in 1973, which were discovered in 2005, then overdubbed with backing by the Count Basie Orchestra (though sans the Count himself, who died in the early '80s). The results are highly enjoyable however, with Charles revisiting early '60s hits like "Busted," "Cryin' Time," and "Georgia on My Mind," among others, and the swinging big-band arrangements fit beautifully.



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