- soul
- 38 min
- 8 tracks
- Atlantic
The Great Ray Charles is the second studio album by the American musician Ray Charles, released in 1957 by Atlantic Records. An instrumental jazz album, it features cover art designed by Marvin Israel. Later CD re-issues of The Great Ray Charles often include six out of the eight songs from the 1961 album The Genius After Hours, as bonus tracks.
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Character-led, classical in form, spare and grave.
- character-ledplot-driven
- classical in formformally daring
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
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Tracks
- A1The Ray4:02
- A2My Melancholy Baby4:26
- A3Black Coffee5:47
- A4There's No You4:51
- B1Doodlin'5:58
- B2Sweet Sixteen Bars4:09
- B3I Surrender Dear5:11
- B4Undecided3:41
8 tracks, 38 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Ray Charles
- Label
- Atlantic
- Released
- 1957-08
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- US
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