Ray Charles - The Genius Of Ray Charles [1959]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejszzBkv2ew

The album showcased Charles' breakout from rhythm and blues and onto a broader musical stage. Atlantic Records gave him full support in production and arrangements. As originally presented, the A side of the album featured the Ray Charles band with David "Fathead" Newman supplemented by players from the Count Basie and Duke Ellington bands, and arrangements by Quincy Jones.
The B side of the original album consists of six ballads with arrangements by Ralph Burns and a large string orchestra. Charles's performance of "Come Rain or Come Shine", a song identified with Frank Sinatra, brought public attention to his voice alone without the "distractions" of his soulful piano and his snappy band.
Each side contains a tribute to Louis Jordan with two songs he had hits with "Let the Good Times Roll" and ("Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying").

Side one

1. "Let the Good Times Roll" (Sam Theard, Fleecie Moore) – 2:53
2. "It Had to Be You" (Gus Kahn, Isham Jones) – 2:45
3. "Alexander's Ragtime Band" (Irving Berlin) – 2:53
4. "Two Years of Torture" (Percy Mayfield, Charles Joseph Morris) – 3:25
5. "When Your Lover Has Gone" (Einar Aaron Swan) – 2:51
6. "'Deed I Do" (Walter Hirsch, Fred Rose) – 2:27

Side two

1. "Just for a Thrill" (Lil Hardin Armstrong, Don Raye) – 3:26
2. "You Won't Let Me Go" (Bud Allen, Buddy Johnson) – 3:22
3. "Tell Me You'll Wait for Me" (Charles Brown, Oscar Moore) – 3:25
4. "Don't Let the Sun Catch You Cryin'" (Joe Greene) – 3:46
5. "Am I Blue?" (Grant Clarke, Harry Akst) – 3:41
6. "Come Rain or Come Shine" (Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen) – 3:42

 

Tea For Two
music by Vincent Youmans, words by Irving Ceaser
1924, first introduced in musical called No, No, Nannette

Ella Fitzgerald wit Count Basie Orchestra
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IghnolaAcbY

Dave Brubeck Trio
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndPmhyQlBRE

Earl "Fatha" Hines piano solo in 1965
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGXHpI5SJ-c

 

Tea For Two

Barry Harris Trio
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uokmHh7Kig

 

Harlem Nocturne
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This is one of my all time favorites along with "Blue in Green"

I also don't see any Carmen McRae. She is hands down my absolute favorite female jazz vocalist.

 

"At Last" as performed by Etta James.

 

I am pretty certain I have included Carmen McRae. She did an entire album of Thelonious Monk songs that I posted, perhaps a year ago, or so.

 

This is a great song, but, I don't see it as being jazz. Her version is my favorite, although the she was not the first to record it.

 

Good tunes!

 

A Child is Born
written by Thad Jones

Bill Evans, Kenny Burrell, Ray Brown, Harold Land, Phily Joe Jones
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1jTqWLrzjI

 

Merry Christmas, Baby

Etta James
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1xyYQhSuHg

"Merry Christmas Baby" is an R&B Christmas standard written by Lou Baxter and Johnny Moore. It has been covered by many artists including Otis Redding, B.B. King, Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley, Bruce Springsteen, Christina Aguilera, Melissa Etheridge, and Hanson. The original 1947 version by Johnny Moore's Three Blazers (featuring singer/pianist Charles Brown (musician), is the definitive version of this song. Notable cover versions include those by Chuck Berry on his 1964 album St. Louis to Liverpool and Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band recorded live at Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, New York, and included on the Christmas album A Very Special Christmas, released in 1987.[1]
Johnny Moore's Three Blazers was one of the hottest blues attractions on the West Coast when their recording of "Merry Christmas Baby" reached position #3 on Billboard's R & B Juke Box chart during the Christmas of 1947. Guitarist Johnny Moore commandeered an impressive lineup of players for the recording session, including bassist Eddie Williams, guitarist Oscar Moore (then of the King Cole Trio), and singer/pianist Charles Brown.[2] A version of this song, recorded by Bonnie Raitt and Charles Brown, is included on the Christmas album A Very Special Christmas 2, released in 1992.
Covers[edit]

• Mae West recorded the song on her 1960's album Wild Christmas.
• Booker T. & the MGs recorded the song on their 1966 album "In The Christmas Spirit."
• Hanson recorded the song on their 1997 album Snowed In.
• Etta James recorded the song on her 1998 album "12 Songs of Christmas."
• Christina Aguilera recorded the song for her album My Kind of Christmas (2000).
• Pepe the King Prawn recorded a cover of this song for the 2006 album The Muppets: A Green and Red Christmas.
• Jessica Simpson also recorded the song as duet with Willie Nelson on her 2010 album Happy Christmas.
• Donna Loren recorded the song for her Donna Does Elvis in Hawaii (2010), an EP of her renditions of four Elvis Presley songs.[3]
• Cee Lo Green and Rod Stewart covered the song with Trombone Shorty for their 2012 albums Cee Lo's Magic Moment and Merry Christmas, Baby, respectively.[4]
• Colbie Caillat recorded this song on her 2012 album Christmas in the Sand also featuring Brad Paisley.
• Kenny Burrell recorded this song on his album Have Yourself a Soulful Little Christmas.

 

Merry Christmas Baby

Kenny Burrell guitar feature
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEhzzQcQcAI

 

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Tm-o8GIMtHQ&desktop_uri=/watch?v=Tm-o8GIMtHQ

St. Louis Blues
Dave Brubeck

 

Old Folks

Ray Bryant and Kenny Burrell
http://youtu.be/LzYqFi7eiGI

 

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