Ray Charles – Ray Charles In Person (Live at Alonzo Herndon Stadium, Atlanta, GA, 5/28/1959) (1960/2012)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 30:38 minutes | 356 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Rhino Atlantic
Many musicians possess elements of genius, but it was the great Ray Charles who so fully embodied the term that it was bestowed upon him as a nickname. Blind since the age of six (from glaucoma), Ray Charles (Albany, Georgia, September 23, 1930 – Beverly Hills, California, June 10, 2004) combined elements of gospel, R&B and blues into a fervid, exuberant style that would come to be known as soul music.
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.
The album was recorded by the concert sponsor, radio station WAOK. The station’s lead disk jockey, Zenas “Daddy” Sears, recorded the album from 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.
Tracklist:
1. Ray Charles – The Right Time (Live at Alonzo Herndon Stadium, Atlanta, GA, 5/28/1959) (04:10)
2. Ray Charles – What’d I Say (Live at Alonzo Herndon Stadium, Atlanta, GA, 5/28/1959) (04:28)
3. Ray Charles – Yes Indeed! (Live at Alonzo Herndon Stadium, Atlanta, GA, 5/28/1959) (02:39)
4. Ray Charles – The Spirit-Feel (Live at Alonzo Herndon Stadium, Atlanta, GA, 5/28/1959) (04:21)
5. Ray Charles – Frenesi (Live at Alonzo Herndon Stadium, Atlanta, GA, 5/28/1959) (05:09)
6. Ray Charles – Drown in My Own Tears (Live at Alonzo Herndon Stadium, Atlanta, GA, 5/28/1959) (06:25)
7. Ray Charles – Tell the Truth (Live at Alonzo Herndon Stadium, Atlanta, GA, 5/28/1959) (03:24)
