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Released
  
June 1958

Soul Brothers (1958)
  
What'd I Say (1959)

Release date
  
June 1958

Label
  
Atlantic Records

Length
  
38:42

Artists
  
Ray Charles, Milt Jackson

Producer
  
Nesuhi Ertegun

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
September 12, 1957 (Tracks 1 & 2) and April 10, 1958 (Tracks 3-7), in New York City

Similar
  
Ray Charles albums, Rhythm and blues albums

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Soul Brothers is the fourth studio album recorded by Ray Charles and the eleventh studio album by Milt Jackson and released by Atlantic Records in 1958. The album was later re-issued in a 2 CD compilation together with the other Charles–Jackson album Soul Meeting and included additional tracks from the same recording sessions not present on the original LP releases.

Contents

Track listing

All songs composed by Ray Charles except as indicated

Original LP release

LP side A

1. "Soul Brothers" (Quincy Jones) – 9:34 2. "How Long Blues" (Leroy Carr) – 9:15

LP side B

1. "Cosmic Ray" – 5:21 2. "Blue Funk" – 8:09 3. "Bag's Guitar Blues" (Milt Jackson) – 6:23 [mono LP release] 4. "'Deed I Do" (Hirsch, Rose) – 5:50 [stereo LP release]

Later CD re-issue / compilation

CD disk 1

  1. "How Long Blues" (Carr) – 9:16
  2. "Cosmic Ray" – 5:23
  3. "The Genius After Hours" – 5:24
  4. "Charlesville" – 4:55
  5. "Bags Of Blues" (Jackson) – 8:50
  6. "'Deed I Do" (Hirsch, Rose) – 5:50
  7. "Blue Funk" – 8:05

CD disk 2

  1. "Soul Brothers" (Jones) – 9:34
  2. "Bag's Guitar Blues" (Jackson) – 6:27
  3. "Soul Meeting" (Jackson) – 6:04
  4. "Hallelujah, I Love Her" So – 5:29
  5. "Blue Genius" – 6:40
  6. "X-Ray Blues" – 8:10
  7. "Love On My Mind" – 3:45

Personnel

  • Ray Charles – piano, electric piano, alto saxophone
  • Milt Jackson – piano, vibraphone
  • Billy Mitchell – tenor saxophone
  • Connie Kay – drums
  • Oscar Pettiford – bass
  • Skeeter Best – guitar
  • Kenny Burrell – guitar
  • Tom Dowd – engineer

    • Songs

    1Soul Brothers9:33
    2How Long Blues9:14
    3Cosmic Ray5:21

    References

    Soul Brothers Wikipedia
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