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The Best Of Ray Charles [Import]

Ray CharlesAudio CD
4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)


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R&B innovator Ray Charles was one of the most important musicians of the 1950s. Despite being blind from childhood, he was hugely successful at fusing elements of blues, country, gospel and doo-wop together to form a kind of proto-soul.

Despite losing his sight at an early age, he never let his disability stop him from being a success and scored several R&B chart hits in the early 50s –- including… Read more in Amazon's Ray Charles Store

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Product Details

  • Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Import
  • Label: Atlantic / Wea
  • ASIN: B000002I5S
  • Also Available in: Audio Cassette
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #238,306 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The other Ray Charles, May 11, 1999
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This review is from: The Best Of Ray Charles (Audio CD)
Imagine you are sitting in a nightbar having a whiskey on the rocks and you are thinking about why the world is so bad to you. Then you hear a piano playing softly and you don't really care but it puts you even more into depression. But after a few moments of listening to the music you widen your eyes, bring your ears into the direction of the music and awake from your depressions : what a great piece of music, how the piano together with the sax give a beautiful melody in rock music rythm. What you hear is Ray Charles how you usually do not know him.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars All instrumental jazz collection from Ray's early years., August 23, 1998
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This review is from: The Best Of Ray Charles (Audio CD)
This all instrumental jazz collection from Ray's early years is not what most people would expect from the soul music great. Tasty piano and sax grooves - makes for excellent cocktail music. Highly recommended - among my top 5 favorites in my 200+ CD collection.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Get it! Get it now!, February 3, 2011
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As I write this I'm listening to the album on vinyl, just picked it up not more than 20 mintues ago from a record store down the street. I happened upon on it, noticed the title "Best of," yet saw no tracks I recognized. I read the back of the sleeve. Words started exploding at me: "jazz," blues," "instrumental"...3 things that'll convince me. The in-depth essay written by Ralph J. Gleason (founding editor of Rolling Stone, co-founder of Monterey Jazz Festival). Got it home, put it on the turntable and wow! So relaxing and soulful. I can't do it enough justice in words. Just find a copy and listen. A great portrait of the genius that is Ray Charles.
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