Детали релиза : Ray Charles - The Genius Of Ray Charles (1959) [FLAC (tracks + .cue)]

On «Let the Good Times Roll», «Alexander's Ragtime Band» & «Deed I Do» the personnel is: Ray Charles - piano & vocals; Clark Terry, Ernie Royal, Joe Newman, Snookie Young, Marcus Belgrave & John Hunt - trumpets; Melba Liston, Quentin Jackson, Thomas Mitchell & Al Gray - trombones
Frank Wess - flute, alto or tenor sax; Marshal Royal - alto sax; Paul Gonsalves, Zoot Sims & David «Fathead» Newman - tenor saxes; Charlie Fowlkes & Bennie Crawford - baritone saxes; Freddie Greene - guitar; Eddie Jones & Edgar Willis - basses; Charlie Persip & Teagle Fleming - drums.
On «Alexander's Ragtime Band» Jose Mangual - bongo drums is added.
On «It Had to Be You», «Two Years of Torture» & «When Your Lover Has Gone» the personnel is the same except that Billy Mitchell replaces Zoot Sims on tenor sax.
On «Just for a Thrill», «You Won't Let Me Go», «Tell Me You'll Wait for Me», «Don't Let the Sun Catch You Cryin'«, «Am I Blue» & «Come Rain Or Come Shine», Ray Charles, piano & vocals, is accompanied by: Allen Hanlon - guitar; Wendell Marshall - bass; Ted Somer - drums; Bob Brookmeyer - trombone; and a large orchestra of woodwinds & strings (Harry Lookofsky - concert-master).
On «Alexander's Ragtime Band» trumpet solo by Marcus Belgrave.
On «Two Years of Torture» the tenor solo is by Paul Gonsalves.
On «Let the Good Times Roll», «It Had to Be You», «When Your Lover Has Gone» & «Deed I Do» the tenor solos are by David «Fathead» Newman.

Recording Engineers: Bill Schwartau & Tom Dowd
Cover Photo: Lee Friedlander
Cover Design: Marvin Israel
Supervision: Nesuhi Ertegun & Jerry Wexler
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