Ray Charles

А почему скончался?..

Он и по сей день жив! В наших сердцах!

2Rosco:

>А почему скончался?..
>Он и по сей день жив! В наших сердцах!
факт! ;)

Жив не тилько в наших сердцах, John Scofield выпустил отличный ковр альбум "That's what I say: plays music of Ray Charles"

Вопрос по поводу трибьюта Inspired By A Genius: Песня в исп. МакКартни Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying - та же версия, что и в Tripping The Live Fantastic?

RAY CHARLES Genius & Friends (2005 UK 14-track CD album following on the heels of the phenomenally popular 'Genius Loves Company' and featuring a stunning collection of superstar duets recorded in 1998 by the legend along with some of favourite contempory artists including Angie Stone, Mary J. Blige, Diana Ross, George Michael, Willie Nelson & Alicia Keys). ** released 19 September 2005 **

1. All I Want To Do – With Angie Stone
2. You Are My Sunshine – With Chris Isaak
3. It All Goes By So Fast – With Mary J. Blige
4. You Were There – With Gladys Knight
5. Imagine – With Ruben Studdard & The Harlem Gospel Singers
6. Compared To That – With Leela James
7. Big Bad Love – With Diana Ross
8. I Will Be There – With Idina Menzel
9. Blame It On The Sun – With George Michael
10. Touch – With John Legend
11. Shout – With Patti Labelle & The Andrae Crouch Singers
12. Surrender To Love – With Laura Pausini
13. Busted - Live – With Willie Nelson
14. America The Beautiful – With Alicia Keys

2Евгений Соколов:

>Вопрос по поводу трибьюта Inspired By A Genius:
>Песня в исп. МакКартни Don't Let The Sun Catch
>You Crying - та же версия, что и в Tripping The
>Live Fantastic?

Чёрт его знаит, трипингОвую фантастику не слухал очень давно...не помню, какой там вариант...В буклете к трибьюту сказано лишь: (p) 1990 The copyright in this sound is owned by MPL Communications Inc., under exclusive licence to EMI Rec.Ltd."

2john lee hooker & Евгений Соколов:
Старая...

2SergeK:

>2john lee hooker & Евгений Соколов:
>Старая...

Сорри, не понял..."старая"...што?..
В смысле "I said just an old sweet song keeps Georgia on my mind ..." :)

2john lee hooker:
Старая версия. С ТРИППИНГА.

26 September 2005
This follow-up to the soundtrack of director Taylor Hackford's acclaimed Ray Charles biopic contains key film tracks (like the rehab-cantered "Lets Go Get Stoned") left off the first collection, as well as a number of non-movie songs said to "inspire" the film. But far from mere marketing gambit, those tracks (which date mostly to the late 1950s and early '60s) help make this an even grittier, more blues-cantered sketch of the incomparable icon in his prime. The included bonus DVD contains just two songs, bracing performances of "Don't Set Me Free" and "Carry Me Back to Old Virginny" culled from a 1963 Brazilian TV show chronicled on Rhino's O-Genio video. But the collection's greatest treasures are bluesy, 2003 live-in-the-studio takes of "Baby Let Me Hold Your Hand" and "Drown In My Own Tears/You Don't Know Me" by Charles himself, film dub tracks for which no other appropriate recordings existed. Listening to the Legend time-trip across decades is as serene as it is surreal, especially with "Baby"'s understated guitar solo being delivered by unlikely sideman Slash. The set concludes with Charles' magnificent, mid-70's gospel vamp of "America the Beautiful."

CD:
1. Leave My Woman Alone
2. Lonely Avenue
3. Rockhouse
4. I Believe To My Soul
5. Losing Hand
6. I'm Movin' On
7. But On The Other Hand Baby
8. Baby It's Cold Outside
9. Danger Zone
10. Busted
11. Makin' Whoopee
12. Let's Go Get Stoned
13. Drifting Blues
14. Baby Let Me Hold Your Hand
15. Drown In My Own Tears/You Don't Know Me
16. Every Day I Have The Blues
17. America The Beautiful

DVD:
1. Don't Set Me Free
2. Carry Me Back To Old Virginny
3. O Genio

RAY CHARLES 50 Years In Music (2005 DVD featuring footage from the spectacular, star-studded, once-in-a-lifetime music and laugh-filled tribute in celebration of Ray's 50 years in music with guest appearances from Stevie Wonder, Willie Nelson, Brand New Heavies, Michael Bolton, Michael McDonald, Gladys Night and includes a breathtaking historic duet of Ray Charles & Stevie Wonder for the first time plus BONUS rare behind-the-scenes rehearsal footage!).
released 07 November 2005

Tracklisting / Additional Info: 1. What'd I Say - Ray Charles
2. Hallelujah (I Love Her So) - Stevie Wonder
3. Livin' For The City - Ray Charles & Stevie Wonder
4. Busted - Ray Charles & Willie Nelson
5. Never Stop! - Brand New Heavies
6. Georgia On My Mind - Ray Charles & Michael Bolton
7. Your Cheatin' Heart - Randy Travis
8. I Can't Stop Loving You - James Ingram
9. I Got A Woman - Michael McDonald
10. Just Ask Me To - Tevin Campbell
11. Just For A Thrill - Ray Charles
12. I Wish I Never Loved You At All - Gladys Night
13. Can't Keep A Good Man Down - Ray Charles
14. America The Beautiful - Ray Charles & Friends

Ну прямо столько всего, хотел бы я это всё себе в коллекцию.

Willie Nelson & Ray Charles
Due for release on 08/05/2006

Track Listing:
1.On The Road Again
2.Always On My Mind
3.Angel Eyes
4.Seven Spanish Angels
5.I Can't Stop Loving You
6.Georgia
7.Mountain Dew
8.My Window Faces The South
9.There Will Never Be Another You
10.To All The Girls I've Loved Before
11.Without A Song
12.Who Will Buy My Memories
13.Whiskey River

Да, друзья, вот я истинный поклонник таких товарищей, как
-The DOORS
-Iron Butterfly
-Velvet Underground
-Jethro Tull
-Pink Floyd
-Camel
-Yes
и конечно же, незаменимого, единственного и неповторимого Рэя Чарльза!!!
Вот, недавно голливудский блокбастер про него смотрел =)
Понравилось, но местами. Ибо, как всегда, ориентировано на широкую публику, а не на истинных знатоков и поклонников...
Тоже самое было в свое время с фильмом Оливера Стоуна "The Doors"...
откровенный кал с искаженными фактами и дурацким подбором актеров, кроме Вела Килмера, естественно, который действительно - убедительно сыграл!!!

Посмотрел фильм. Джэйми Фокс просто превосходно сыграл Рэя.

Ищо хороший концерт Рэя в Монтре. Как называется точно, не знаю, но не из серии Лив Ин. Какой-то бутлеговый, но хорошего качества. В конце выходят Джордж Бенсон и Чака Хан.
Тот самый, о котором страницу назад SergeK писал :)

New CD pairs Ray Charles & Count Basie
Wed Aug 16

NEW YORK - Ray Charles never performed with the late Count Basie when the two music legends were alive, but now they are being united in death.

Concord Records and Starbucks Hear Music said Wednesday they will release a disc this fall that combines vocals recorded by Charles during a concert in the mid-1970s with new music made by today's Count Basie Orchestra.

Among the dozen cuts on "Ray Sings, Basie Swings" are "Busted," "I Can't Stop Loving You," "The Long and Winding Road" and "Georgia on My Mind."

The last project Charles recorded before his death on June 10, 2004 was the duets album "Genius Loves Company," which earned eight Grammy Awards. It sold more than six million copies worldwide, making it the biggest-seller of his career.

While looking through a record company vault in late 2005, one of the "Genius Loves Company" producers came up with tapes marked "Ray/Basie." The producer, John Burk, thought he'd found something to rewrite history. While the acts had shared concert bills, it was believed they had never performed together.

The tapes turned out to contain a copy of Charles singing accompanied by his own orchestra, although the music was recorded so poorly it could barely be heard. Burk had the idea of pairing the vocal recordings with new instrumental backing.

Charles' team isn't even sure where or when the recordings were made, guessing it was sometime in the mid-1970s based on the repertoire.

Gregg Field, a drummer who toured and recorded with both Charles' and Basie's bands before Basie died in 1984, was brought in to build the new disc with computer editing. Field had to match Charles' singing to the new band's performance, often stretching or compacting the space between words in order to fit the tempo.

"It was like painting the Sistine Chapel with a Q-tip," Field said.

Singer Patti Austin brought together and sang with a new group of Raelettes.

Joe Adams, Charles' longtime manager who had worked with him for 49 years, said it was probably a timing issue that kept Charles and Basie apart despite their mutual respect.

"Ray was a stickler for rhythm and said Basie always called the exact right rhythm for every song and he never overplayed," Adams said.

Since the musical marriage of Natalie Cole with her late father Nat King Cole on "Unforgettable," technology has advanced to the point of making almost anything possible. Mashups, which marry artists and songs in odd combinations, have become an underground art form.

Adams said he will protect Charles' legacy but he doesn't know if the future holds any more such projects.

"This is the best use of technology, when we can bring an amazing Ray Charles performance — one of the best he ever had — and build a musical form around it," Field said. "You would hope that the people charged with the custody of master recordings would respect the way they should be used."

The disc will be released Oct. 3 at traditional retailers and at Starbucks stores, where more than 800,000 copies of "Genius Loves Company" have been sold.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060816/ap_en_mu/music_charles___basie

Ray Sings, Basie Swings
Audio CD (October 3, 2006)

1. Oh What A Beautiful Morning
2. Let The Good Times Roll
3. How Long Has This Been Going On?
4. Every Saturday Night
5. I Can't Stop Loving You
6. Cryin' Time
7. Busted
8. Come Live With Me
9. Feel So Bad
10. The Long And Winding Road
11. Look What They've Done To My Song
12. Georgia On My Mind

"Ray Charles and Count Basie were two of the most charismatic personalities I've ever known. I loved them both. So to hear this amazing collaboration of their musical geniuses is a treat of the highest order. When 21st century technology and timeless soul come together, watch out! This one is for the ages." - Quincy Jones

The producers of this CD discovered archival reels of Ray Charles and the Count Basie Orchestra performing live together in 1973. Although the vocals were superior, the remaining elements were or extremely poor quality. They decided to bring the current Count Basie Orchestra into the studio and, using the latest technology, they carefully and painstakingly laid down a new musical backdrop for Charles' towering vocals.

Late at night
When it's dark and cold
I reach out
For someone to hold
When I'm blue
When I'm lonely
She comes through
She's the only one who can
My baby grand
Is all I need

In my time
I've wandered everywhere
Around this world
She would always be there
Any day
Any hour
All it takes
Is the power in my hands
This baby grand's
Been good to me

I've had friends
But they have slipped away
I've had fame
But it doesn't stay
I've made fortunes
Spent them fast enough
As for woman
They don't last with just one man
But baby grand
Will stand by me

They say that no one's gonna play this on the radio
They said the melancholy blues were dead and gone
But only songs like these
Played in minor keys
Keep those memories holding on

I've come far
From the life I've strayed in
I've got scars
From those dives I've played in
Now I'm home
And I'm weary
In my bones
Every dreary one night stand
But baby grand
Came home with me

Ever since this gig began
My baby grand's
Been good to me

RAY CHARLES The Legend Live
(2006 DVD 2-disc set, comprising on disc one 14-tracks '50 Years In Music' including duets with Stevie Wonder, Willie Nelson, Michael Bolton and James Ingram, in disc two features 16-tracks recorded live in concert plus behind-the-scenes rehearsal footage, interviews and more, housed in a deluxe gift box with silver finish).
16-Oct-2006

Disc One
1. What'd I Say
2. Hallelujah I Love Her So - Stevie Wonder
3. Livin' for the City - Duet with Stevie Wonder
4. Busted - Duet with Willie Nelson
5. Never Stop - the Brand New Heavies
6. Georgia on My Mind - Duet with Michael Bolton
7. Your Cheatin' Heart - Randy Travis
8. I Can't Stop Loving You - James Ingram
9. I Got a Woman - Michael McDonald
10. Just Ask Me To - Tevin Campbell
11. Just for a Thrill
12. I Wish I'd Never Loved You At All - Gladys Knight
13. Can't Keep A Good Man Down
14. America The Beautiful

Disc Two
1. I Got a Woman
2. A Song for You
3. It Hurts to Be in Love
4. Georgia on My Mind
5. Your Cheatin' Heart
6. They Can't Take That Away From Me
7. It Had to Be You
8. You'd Be So Nice to Come Home to
9. Till There Was You
10. Say No More
11. Blues for Big Scotia
12. If You Go Away
13. All I Ever Need Is You
14. Love in Three Quarter Time
15. America The Beautiful