No wonder they called him a genius.Ĭhicago, Illinois PLUG IT IN! TURN IT UP! Electric Blues 1939-2005. Some of the biggest names in music joined Ray Charles for the late musicians final CD, Genius Loves Company. Of course, Ray's ceaseless musical experiments rendered him a superstar right up to his Jdeath. And so, as would be the case with many other sessions, when there had to be some direction from us because we weren't going anywhere, or some changes to be made, that wasn't the case with Ray." The official audio of Ray Charles and Diana Krall performing 'You Dont Know Me' from the 2004 album GENIUS LOVES COMPANYSubscribe to Ray Charles YouTube Cha. I mean, there was never anything negative or worrying, because Ray Charles had the whole thing figured out from beginning to end. These recordings were made at Ray's studio in Los Angeles, and at the Eastwood Scoring Stage in Burbank, California, between July 2003 and spring 2004. "They were exciting, edifying, thrilling," said Wexler. On Genius Loves Company, Ray collaborates with outstanding singers in the fields of jazz, blues, R&B, pop, country and gospel, and he can sing them all. His sessions were like no other at Atlantic. There Ray would transform R&B with his daring gospel/blues synthesis on the smashes I've Got A Woman, Hallelujah I Love Her So, and What'd I Say (speaking of advancements in electric instrumentation, he played a Wurlitzer piano on the latter). Swing Time was experiencing financial difficulties in 1952, so Lauderdale peddled Charles' contract to Atlantic. His first release was a hit and two more after that too, though his predilection for imitating Nat King Cole and Charles Brown hadn't been tamed yet. Jack Lauderdale of Swing Time/Down Beat Records brought Charles and his McSon Trio aboard in 1949. CCD-2248-2 I’ve recorded with so many amazing artists in my career, but never on a duets album all my own. Genius Love Company Concord Records/Hear Music. He left the state school for the blind at 15, his piano skills already formidable, and somehow made his way cross-country from Jacksonville, Florida to Seattle. Ray Charles Genius Loves Company Genius Loves Company Ray Charles. "We got the backing musicians, we got the arranger Jesse Stone, we rehearsed, and so on."īorn in Albany, Georgia on Septembut raised in Greenville, Florida, Ray Charles Robinson lost his sight as a child but gained a love for music-blues, boogie-woogie, jazz, country-that was unshakable.
"He still was being recorded in the conventional way, like you'd record almost any single singing artist," said Ray's late co-producer, Jerry Wexler. Ray had yet to explode with his groundbreaking gospel/blues synthesis, although his impassioned vocal and two-fisted piano offered clues as to his immediate future. Brother Ray didn't use a guitarist on his subsequent Atlantic sides, making Baker's presence quite unusual (arranger Jesse Stone wrote the song under his alias of Charles Calhoun). It is also notable, and fitting, as the final album Ray Charles ever recorded.Ray Charles had only recently joined the roster of Atlantic Records when he waxed the mournful blues Losing Hand on with a New York session crew consisting of saxists Dave McRae, Freddie Mitchell, and Pinky Williams, bassist Lloyd Trotman, drummer Connie Kay, and guitarist Mickey Baker, whose slippery chords cascade downward like thick, murky molasses. This duet album features collaborations with some of the biggest names in music like Norah Jones, James Taylor, BB King, Van Morrison, Willie Nelson, Bonnie Raitt and more. It sold over 200,000 copies in the US alone during it’s first week of release and went on to Triple Platinum status. One of the most the most popular and commercially successful albums of Ray Charles’ illustrious career, Genius Loves Company reached #1 on the Billboard 200, and won 8 Grammy Awards including Album of the Year and Record of the Year in 2005. Produced by John Burk, Concord Music Group’s chief creative officer, and co-produced by the legendary Phil Ramone,Genius Loves Company garnered critical acclaim upon its release. Genius Loves Company By Rob Sheffield AugLike Johnny Cash, Ray Charles was a tough old man who kept making music right up to the end, probably because everybody was too scared to. Try reaching out to your local store to CHECK AVAILABILITY MORE INFO
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