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Modern sounds in country and western music
Ray Charles
Modern sounds in country and western music
Ray Charles
"The words to country songs are very earthy like the blues, see, very down.
They're not as dressed up, and the people are very honest and say, 'Look, I miss
you, darlin', so I went out and I got drunk in this bar.' That's the way you say it.
Where in Tin Pan Alley you will say, 'Oh, I missed you darling, so I went to this
restaurant and I sat down and I had dinner for one.' That's cleaned up now, you
see? But country songs and the blues is like it is." -- Ray Charles (speaking
to Ben Fong-Torres for Rolling Stone)
Presented here is the complete classic Ray Charles LP Modern Sounds in Country
& Western Music (ABC Paramount ABC-410), presenting amazing arrangements by
Marty Paich, Gerald Wilson and Gil Fuller. One of Ray Charles' best-selling albums
ever, it earned Charles a Grammy Award for Best Rhythm & Blues Recording at
the 1963 Grammy Awards, while the album was nominated for a Grammy Award
for Album of the Year. In 1999, it was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. A
further song from the same sessions that wasn't included on the original LP has
been added as a bonus.
RAY CHARLES, vocals & piano, plus:
On tracks A1, B4 & B6: Martin Banks, Wallace Davenport,
Phil Guilbeau, John Hunt (tp), George Matthews, Jim
Herbert, Dicky Wells (tb), Keg Johnson (b-tb), Hank
Crawford, Rudy Powell (as), David "Fathead" Newman, Don
Wilkerson (ts), Leroy Cooper (bar), Sonny Forriest (g), Edgar
Willis (b), Bruno Carr (d). Los Angeles, February 5, 1962.
On tracks A3, A5 & B2: Probably the same group with Gil
Fuller (cond). Los Angeles, February 7, 1962.
On A2, A4, A6, B1, B3, B5 & B7: Marty Paich Orchestra
(similar personnel as above). Jack Hallorin (cond).
Los Angeles, February 9-15, 1962.
String arrangements by MARTY PAICH.
Big band arrangements by GERALD WILSON
& GIL FULLER.
Original recordings produced by Sid Feller.
1 BONUS TRACK!
Media | Music VINYL LP (Vinyl) |
Number of records | 1 |
Released | September 27, 2019 |
EAN/UPC | 8436544171203 |
Label | INTERMUSIC VNLL4171203.1 |
Genre | Blues Rhythm & Blues |
Dimensions | 265 g |
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