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Genius + Soul = Jazz/My Kind of Jazz [ORIGINAL RECORDING REISSUED] [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED]

Ray Charles

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Audio CD (June 10, 1997)
Original Release Date: June 10, 1997
Number of Discs: 1
Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
Label: Rhino / Wea
ASIN: B000003424
In-Print Editions: MP3 Download

Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)

Amazon.com Sales Rank: #48,925 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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1. From the Heart
2. I've Got News for You
3. Moanin'
4. Let's Go
5. One Mint Julep
6. I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town
7. Stompin' Room Only
8. Mister C.
9. Strike up the Band
10. Birth of the Blues
11. Golden Boy
12. Booty-Butt
13. This Here
14. I Remember Clifford
15. Sidewinder
16. Bluesette
17. Pas-Se-O-Ne Blues
18. Zig Zag
19. Angel City
20. Se�or Blues

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Living Blues
Quincy Jones supplied the Latin-tempo arrangement for [Charles].... Two brilliant big band blues ... are the epitome of hip. For this CD reissue ... [they have] added another entire LP ... but it's not as good as its discmate.

Product Description
Charles' only all-instrumental LPs on one CD! 1961's Genius + Soul = Jazz is a big band jazz workout featuring the Count Basie Band and arrangements from Quincy Jones. It includes the Top 10 hit "One Mint Julep." The proto-acid jazz of 1970's My Kind Of Jazz contains the funky hit single "Booty-Butt." Digitally remastered for best-ever sound!

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4.0 out of 5 stars One good one, one not so good, October 3, 2004

By	Michael Crowley (Albany, CA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Genius + Soul is fantastic! Ray Charles on the B-3-what more do you need to know? If you do need to know more, it features players like Clark Terry, Thad Jones, Fathead Newman, Frank Foster and Roy Haynes-- in fact, on some of the tracks the band is the then-current version of the Basie band, minus the Count of course --with arrangements by Quincy Jones and someone named Ralph Burns, who is just as good. It rocks. It's too bad Ray doesn't sing more-just on I've Got News for You, I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town and sort of on One Mint Julip--but still, this is as soulful as jazz gets.

On the other hand, My Kind of Jazz is clearly filler, which Rhino, to its credit, pretty much admits. There are extensive new notes on Genius + Soul written for the 16 page booklet included with this reissue, including comments on every track, but on My Kind of Jazz there are all of two paragraphs (the first paragraph starts "With the added space available in the CD format"-in other words, we had some extra space to fill). It's pretty good if you're a fan of big band music, kinda got a little funk goin' on, although not nearly as much soul or blues feel as Genius + Soul, and other then Blue Mitchell I've never heard of the players (the drummer is listed as "unknown"). But you'd never know this was a Ray Charles album. His piano is low in the mix, and his few solos are undermiked and unusually tentative-sounding. And in general it's a little on the generic side, unlike Genius + Soul, which is Ray all the way, vocals or no.

I still gave it the whole CD four stars because Genius + Soul is just so damn good.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Swinging, funky, and so very cool, June 18, 1999

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This (Genuis+Soul=Jazz) is just a great big-band, swingin' blues album. it's well-produced, the Quincy Jones and Ralph Burns arrangements are perfect, and Ray plays the organ in an individual, bop-tinged style with just a hint of Jimmy Smith (see also Genuis of Ray Charles for more great keys work). Addictive.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Another masterpiece from the legendary Ray Charles, December 24, 2004

By	Henry Cooper "The One and Only" (Atlanta, GA) - See all my reviews

What can I say? Ray Charles is kickin' it with my man Quincy Jones on this one. It's full of jazz, blues, funky R&B and a lot of flavor from the big bands. This is more of a jazz/big band album since Quincy Jones 1969-70 classic WALKING IN SPACE.
A must-have.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A brilliant album
This album features Ray Charles with the Count Basie Orchestra (without the Count). Eight of the tracks are instrumental but with the Basie Orchestra playing this not a bad thing... Read more

Published 20 months ago by S J Buck

3.0 out of 5 stars Not Ray at his best
I feel bad disagreeing with the other reviewers, who seem to love this album, but I think its pretty uninspired and I don't like it much. Read more

Published on December 16, 2000 by thedevilscoachman

5.0 out of 5 stars Some of Ray's finest and best efforts
I love Ray Charles, and out of everything I have that he's recorded, this disc gets played the most. Read more

Published on May 17, 2000 by rjgrib

5.0 out of 5 stars Nothing But Genius
Ray Charles gets down with his Homeboy Quincy Jones and they&Ralph Burns make History with this set.Ray is Rocking on the Organ.The Band is Slamming. Read more

Published on March 17, 2000 by mistermaxxx@yahoo.com

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