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Ray Charles & Milt Jackson - Soul Brothers/Soul Meeting Audio CD

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Ray Charles & Milt Jackson Band: Ray Charles & Milt Jackson
Title: Soul Brothers/Soul Meeting
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Release Date: 1990-10-25
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: How Long Blues 2: Cosmic Ray 3: Genius After Hours [*] - Ray Charles 4: Charlesville [*] - Ray Charles 5: Bags of Blues 6: 'Deed I Do 7: Blue Funk 8: Soul Brothers 9: Bags' Guitar Blues 10: Soul Meeting 11: Hallelujah, I Love Her So 12: Blue Genius 13: X-Ray Blues - Ray Charles 14: Love on My Mind

Now for something completely different
What I mean by this title is that it isn't your typical commercial Ray Charles - he just plays a couple of instruments along with Milt Jackson - the inclusion of the vibes is wonderful and Ray can play the ivories!! It really is wonderfully different.


The Name of the album says it all
This is a wonderful album, i think originally released in France?

Most people have heard of Ray Charles, but have you heard him play sax?

Most jazz fans know of Milt Jackon from the Modern jazz Quartet and his genius vibraphone playing. . on this album i am sure he plays guitar on at least one track.

This is not flash jazz with lots of horns and solos and orchestras, it is soul jazz, lots of soul and hence the title of the album.

I originally owned this album on vinyl and still do, the text on the back is in French. . . . when the title was released as a double cd, i bought that. . . . it has since been lent to a friend and never seen again, it is on of those albums you should not lend to anyone.

thankyou Ray and Milt, timeless stuff.


TIMELESS ARTISTRY
I've been looking for the Soul Brothers LP for years with little success. Ray Charles and Milt Jackson; a pairing of genius that will NEVER be heard on this planet again. My brother had an original LP from '58 but
unfortunately they're both gone. I'm thrilled to have this 2 CD set and am enjoying it immensely. It sounds just a great now as it did to me as a kid in 1958.


I stumbled on a desert island album
I was familiar and a fan of The Modern Jazz Quartet (MJQ) already. In 2000, I was searching for some Ray Charles Jazz recordings. So, when I saw this double set featuring these two masters. I was immediately intrigued and immediately impressed.
This is hands down one of my favorite Jazz CD's. It is loose and filled with groove and instrumental experimentation.
It is a wonder of a listening experience and one which I have given as a gift many times over.
Seeing that it is presently out of print tells me that a Remaster is in the cards (hopefully) though this already sounds fantastic.
Buy it for the musical soul of it. Period. The rest will be answered when you listen.


The Blues LIke You've Never Heard Before!
It is, after all, a staple of American music. All jazzers are familiar with the 12 bar blues. In the wrong hands, it can sound artificial, sometimes mundane. In the right ones, though, it can be succulent, sweet, and profoundly beautiful. Ladies and gentlemen: I have never in my life heard a better jazz/blues album (actually two in one) than this one right here.

From the first grinding minute of the opening "How Long Blues," to the soul-infused, uptempo "Hallelujah, Got to Love Her So," Ray Charles and Milt Jackson deliver us a plethora of approaches to the blues, all stunners in their own way. And unlike many collaborations, Charles and Jackson are good foils for eachother. Charles, drenched as he was in gospel/soul, solos in a slower, more mournful style, while the veteran jazzer Milt Jackson takes a more meandering 'be-bop' approach. Put them together, and you get a fusion most electric.

While I happen to think that Charles is the 'scene-stealer' on these two albums (witness the 5 minute piano solo in "The Genius After Hours" for a great example) another reviewer below gives that title to Jackson. Both soloists are certainly in top form. But that is what makes this record so great to listen to: despite their different approaches to blues soloing, both players bring everything they have to the table, and the result is a sweet delight.

In closing, if you like a more straight ahead bop style, this disc might come off as too slow for you. Most of the tracks are in mid and slow tempos (a few of which are out-and-out grinders)! The tracks are more about soul than chops. This is fine by me, but might not be to some jazzers tasts (especially if you know Milt Jackson primarily from the Modern Jazz Quartet's recordings. ) But if you want soul drenched blues, this is one of the best albums you can get!.


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