In Person is a live album recorded by Ray Charles on May 28, 1959 on a rainy night in Atlanta, Georgia at Morris Brown College's Herndon Stadium. All tracks from this album together with those from Ray Charles at Newport were also released on the 1987 Atlantic compilation CD, Ray Charles Live.
| Ray Charles: In Person | ||||
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| Live album by | ||||
| Released | July 1960 | |||
| Recorded | May 28, 1959 | |||
| Venue | Herndon Stadium, Morris Brown College, Atlanta, Georgia | |||
| Genre | R&B | |||
| Length | 29:19 | |||
| Label | Atlantic | |||
| Producer | Zenas "Daddy" Sears | |||
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| Re-issue cover | ||||
 1987 re-issue / compilation | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
The album was recorded by the concert sponsor, radio station WAOK. The station's lead disk jockey, Zenas "Daddy" Sears, recorded the album for the audience using a single microphone. The album is noted for its technical excellence in balancing band, singer, and audience, and also for its documentation of the jazzy R&B Ray Charles sound prior to his great crossover success. The album was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999.
Track listing
edit- "The Right Time" (Lew Herman, Nappy Brown, Ozzie Cadena)
- "What'd I Say" (Ray Charles)
- "Yes, Indeed" (Sy Oliver)
- "The Spirit Feel" (Milt Jackson)
- "Frenesi" (Alberto Domínguez)
- "Drown In My Own Tears" (Henry Glover)
- "Tell The Truth" (Lowman Pauling)[2]
Personnel
edit- Ray Charles – keyboards, vocals
- Marcus Belgrave – trumpet
- John Hunt – trumpet
- David "Fathead" Newman – tenor saxophone, alto saxophone
- Hank Crawford – alto saxophone, baritone saxophone
- Edgar Willis – bass
- Teagle Fleming – drums
- Marjorie Hendricks – vocals on "The Right Time" and "Tell The Truth"
- The Raelettes – backing vocals
The track "Yes, Indeed" was recorded live at the Newport Jazz Festival on July 5, 1958, with Lee Harper replacing John Hunt on trumpet and Richie Goldberg replacing Teagle Fleming on drums.[3]
- Technical
- Ivan Miles – recording engineer
- Lee Friedlander – cover photography
References
edit- Atlantic Records 8039
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ "Lowman Pauling Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic.
- ^ Jazzdisco.org link