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Recorded
  
February - May 2006

Producer
  
Gregg Field

Label
  
Concord Records

Studio
  
Los Angeles

Release date
  
26 September 2006

Genre
  
Soul music

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Released
  
October 3, 2006 (2006-10-03)

Ray Sings, Basie Swings (2006)
  
Rare Genius The Undiscovered Masters (2010)

Artists
  
Ray Charles, Count Basie Orchestra

Awards
  
Porin Award for Best Foreign Jazz Music Album

Similar
  
Ray Charles albums, Soul music albums

Ray charles the count basie orchestra oh what a beautiful morning


Ray Sings, Basie Swings is a posthumous album that mixes previously unreleased Ray Charles vocal performances, recorded at live concerts in the mid-1970s, with newly recorded instrumental tracks by the contemporary Count Basie Orchestra.

Contents

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Track listing

  • "Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'" (Oscar Hammerstein, Richard Rodgers) – 4:35
  • "Let the Good Times Roll" (Moore, Theard) – 2:57
  • "How Long Has This Been Going On?" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 6:19
  • "Every Saturday Night" (Hogan, West) – 4:05
  • "Busted" (Harlan Howard) – 2:35
  • "Crying Time" (Buck Owens) – 3:53
  • "I Can't Stop Loving You" (Don Gibson) – 4:02
  • "Come Live with Me" (Bryant, Bryant) – 4:10
  • "Feel So Bad" (Johnson, Temple) – 4:10
  • "The Long and Winding Road" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 4:04
  • "Look What They've Done to My Song (Melanie Safka) – 2:51
  • "Georgia on My Mind" (Hoagy Carmichael, Stuart Gorrell) – 4:40

    • Personnel

  • Ray Charles – vocals, piano
  • Grant Langford – alto saxophone
  • Marshall McDonald – alto saxophone, flute
  • Doug Lawrence – tenor saxophone
  • Doug Miller – tenor saxophone
  • John Williams – baritone saxophone
  • Clarence Banks – trombone
  • Dave Keim – trombone
  • Barry Cooper – bass trombone
  • Scotty Barnhart – trumpet
  • Shawn Edmonds – trumpet
  • Endré Rice – trumpet
  • Mike Williams – trumpet
  • Joey DeFrancesco – organ
  • Tony Suggs – piano
  • James Leary – double bass
  • Will Matthews – guitar
  • Butch Miles – drums

    • Backing vocals

  • Patti Austin
  • Maxi Anderson
  • Lynne Fiddmont
  • Lorraine Perry
  • Sharon Perry
  • Darlene Perry
  • Valerie Pinkston
  • Sandy Simmons

    • Additional musicians

  • Wayne Bergeron
  • Chuck Berghofer
  • Jim Cox
  • John Chiodini
  • Andy Martin

    • Technical

  • Quincy Jones – arranger
  • John Clayton – arranger
  • Roger Neumann – arranger
  • Larry Muhoberac – arranger
  • Shelly Berg – arranger, conductor, musician
  • Tom Scott – arranger, conductor
  • Bill Hughes – orchestra director
  • Aaron Woodward – executive producer
  • Bill Airey Smith – engineer
  • Bill McKinney – assistant engineer
  • Charles Paakkari – engineer
  • Doug Sax – mastering
  • Don Murray – engineer, mixing
  • Eric Weaver – assistant engineer
  • Gregg Field – conductor, engineer, producer, vocal arrangement
  • Joe Adams – executive producer, producer
  • Joe Brown – assistant engineer
  • John Burk – executive producer, producer
  • Paul "Scooby" Smith – assistant engineer
  • Paul Hamann – assistant engineer
  • Sanwook Nam – mastering
  • Seth Presant – engineer
  • Steve Genewick – engineer

    • Songs

    1Oh - What a Beautiful Morning4:32
    2Let the Good Times Roll2:57
    3How Long Has This Been Going On?6:19

    References

    Ray Sings, Basie Swings Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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