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Released
  
November 1958

Ray Charles at Newport (1958)
  
Yes Indeed! (1958)

Release date
  
November 1958

Label
  
Atlantic Records

Length
  
40:28

Artist
  
Ray Charles

Producer
  
Tom Dowd (engineer)

Genre
  
Rhythm and blues

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Recorded
  
July 5, 1958 in Newport, Rhode Island

Similar
  
Ray Charles albums, Rhythm and blues albums

Ray charles at newport


Ray Charles at Newport is a 1958 live album of Ray Charles' July 5, 1958 performance at the Newport Jazz Festival. All tracks from this album, along with all tracks from his 1959 Herndon Stadium performance in Atlanta, were also released on the 1987 Atlantic compilation, Ray Charles, Live. This cd reissue includes a previously unissued number from the Newport concert, Swanee River Rock.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Night Time Is the Right Time" (Ozzie Cadena, Lew Herman) – 4:06
  2. "In a Little Spanish Town" (Sam Lewis, Mabel Wayne, Joe Young) – 3:47
  3. "I Got a Woman" (Ray Charles, Renald Richard) – 6:24
  4. "Blues Waltz" (Max Roach) – 6:29
  5. "Hot Rod" (Charles) – 3:43
  6. "Talkin' 'Bout You" (Charles) – 4:26
  7. "Sherry" (Hank Crawford) – 4:18
  8. "A Fool for You" (Charles) – 7:15

Personnel

  • Ray Charles – keyboards, vocals, alto saxophone
  • Marcus Belgrave – trumpet
  • Lee Harper – trumpet
  • David Newman – tenor saxophone
  • Bennie Crawford – baritone saxophone
  • Edgar Willis – bass
  • Richie Goldberg – drums
  • Marjorie Hendricks – vocals
  • The Raeletts – vocal group
  • Tom Dowd – engineer

    • Songs

    1(Night Time Is) The Right Time4:02
    2In a Little Spanish Town3:54
    3I Got a Woman6:20

    References

    Ray Charles at Newport Wikipedia
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