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product_id: 25331223
title: "The Genius of Ray Charles"
brand: "ray charles"
price: "$26.03"
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reviews_count: 23
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# The Genius of Ray Charles

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The Genius of Ray Charles

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## Customer Reviews

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    Music Genius, Re-mastering Not
  

*by D***N on Reviewed in the United States on April 20, 2007*

BUYER BEWARE:  To date (June 2008), this is the only review for this particular product.  The other reviews pasted in here by Amazon refer to the original version of this CD.  If you want to spend more for an inferior product, then by all means, purchase this !This is vintage Ray Charles, recorded at age 27.  The music itself gets 5 stars for sure.  It's clearly oriented toward the jazz/blues side of things, rather than Ray's better known R & B side.  The first 6 songs are big band arrangements, with a nice variety of tempos (including a couple of wonderful ballads).  The last 6 songs are all ballads, with simple, but lush orchestral arrangements with strings and background vocals.  Naturally, Ray's vocals are featured throughout, and he's in top form.  I love most of these songs, especially the ballads.I've owned the original 1990 Atlantic CD for several years, but always thought the album could really benefit from re-mastering.  Thus, I ordered this 2005 import, which turned out to be in the Atlantic Masters series (made in Europe).  I own a few other CDs in this series, and have been quite pleased with the audio quality.  I WISH I could say the same about this one, but IT AIN'T SO.  While there IS improved detail and clarity, some of the dynamics and warmth has somehow been lost.  Overall, I like the original CD version better than this new one. Hopefully someday this classic recording will undergo a better re-mastering.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    The peak
  

*by J***R on Reviewed in the United States on July 27, 2003*

This album boldly declares Ray Charles' genius. I've never heard anybody argue with the appelation.  When this came out, he was established as a brilliant R&B singer, songwriter and performer.  Here he hooks up (on what was side one) with an all-star jazz big band, featuring players from both Basie and Ellington, to make music that is hard to categorize as anything other than Ray.  His piano envelopes the whole group in his R&B style, so while it's a lot of jazz players displaying their jazz chops, the result is something else.  Then, on what was side 2, he takes another turn, playing with a small combo and a huge orchestra--pointing the way, with cuts like "You Won't Let Me Go" toward his brilliant take on country & western, and toward his (recently-unearthed) collaboration with Jimmy Scott on his timeless version of "Come Rain or Come Shine."You can't really review this album, because it puts to shame all the other 5-star ratings I've given on Amazon.  Every cut on here is a classic, a pathbreaker, a rich emotional experience, and a swinging time will be had by all.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Mr. Ray Charles and Georgia On My Mind plus a few others I needed.
  

*by A***E on Reviewed in the United States on March 13, 2018*

I needed this mans style to add to my collection. He is the great one and better with age.

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