Ray Charles: Genius + Soul = Jazz (Verve Acoustic Sounds Series) LP code-eligible H2: What Am I To

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and Joe Chambers on drums immediately joined the ranks of the saxophonist’s greatest recordings and remains a pinnacle artistic statement of Blue Note’s fertile post-bop era

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Ray Charles: Genius + Soul = Jazz (Verve Acoustic Sounds Series) LP code-eligible H2: What Am I ToImpulse!, 1961 Here, the irrepressible Ray Charles breathes life into a selection of blues, soul and jazz standards by himself and others, with barnstorming Big Band arrangements by Quincy Jones and Ralph Burns. The Big Band sound is as authentic as it gets, thanks to a band that includes most of Count Basies sidemen at the time, drawing on the talents of major horn players such as Thad Jones and Clark Terry. But its Ray Charles who provides the real