Ray Charles Live

Live
Live album by Ray Charles
Released	1973
Recorded	July 5, 1958 / May 28, 1959
Genre	Jazz, R&B
Length	71:55
Label	Atlantic 503
Producer	Nesuhi Ertegün / Zenas Sears
Ray Charles chronology
From the Pages of My Mind (1986)From the Pages of My Mind1986 Live (1987) Just Between Us (1988)Just Between Us1988

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
RS Album Guide	[2]

Live is an album by Ray Charles. It consists of live concert recordings from the Newport Jazz Festival in 1958 and from an Atlanta show at Herndon Stadium in 1959. The album was released in 1973 and re-released in 1990. Eight of the ten tracks from the Newport show had been released on Ray Charles at Newport. The Atlanta show, plus one track from the Newport show, had been released as Ray Charles in Person (1960).

Track listing

• ^{tracks 1-10 live at Newport Jazz Festival 1958}
• ^{tracks 11-16 live at Herndon Stadium 1959}

1. "Hot Rod" (Charles) – 3:43
2. "Blues Waltz" (Roach) – 6:29
3. "In a Little Spanish Town" (Lewis/Wayne/Young) – 3:47
4. "Sherry" (Crawford) – 4:18
5. "Night Time Is the Right Time" (Herman) – 4:19
6. "A Fool for You" (Charles) – 7:15
7. "I Got a Woman" (Charles) – 6:24
8. "Talkin' 'Bout You" (Charles) – 4:26
9. "Swanee River Rock" (Charles) – 2:05
10. "Yes Indeed!" (Oliver) – 2:23
11. "Night Time Is the Right Time" (Herman) – 4:06
12. "Frenesi" (Charles/Dominguez/Russell) – 4:58
13. "The Spirit-Feel" (Jackson) – 4:08
14. "Tell the Truth" (Pauling) – 2:46
15. "Drown in My Own Tears" (Glover) – 6:12
16. "What'd I Say" (Charles) – 4:01

Much of the Herndon Stadium audience reaction and the compere's final comments "... Ray Charles, the High Priest — What a show! What a show!", evident in the Ray Charles in Person LP, was edited out for the CD release.

Personnel

LP one

• Ray Charles – keyboards, vocals, alto saxophone
• Marcus Belgrave – trumpet
• Lee Harper – trumpet
• David "Fathead" Newman – tenor saxophone
• Bennie Crawford – baritone saxophone
• Edgar Willis – bass
• Richie Goldberg – drums
• Marjorie Hendricks – vocals
• The Raeletts – vocal group
• Tom Dowd – engineer

LP two

• Ray Charles – keyboards, vocals
• Marcus Belgrave – trumpet
• John Hunt – trumpet
• David "Fathead" Newman – tenor saxophone, alto saxophone
• Hank Crawford – baritone saxophone
• Edgar Willis – bass
• Teagle Fleming – drums
• Marjorie Hendricks – vocals
• The Raelets – vocal group

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]

References

• Atlantic Records 503
• Ray Charles Live at Allmusic.com