The Best Of Ray Charles [Import]

Ray Charles | Format: Audio CD

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)

Track Listings

1. Hard Times

2. Rockhouse

3. Sweet Sixteen Bars

4. Doodlin'

5. How Long Blues

6. Blues Waltz

Editorial Reviews

CD > POPULAR MUSIC > JAZZ

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The other Ray Charles, May 11, 1999

By A Customer

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.

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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[e-mail] (Royal Oak, MI, USA) - See all my reviews

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.

5.0 out of 5 stars Get it! Get it now!, February 3, 2011

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David Franzblau (Cape Coral FL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Best Of Ray Charles (Audio CD)

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.