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Ray Charles - Ray Sings, Basie Swings Audio CD

A fair review of the Ray Charles "Ray Sings, Basie Swings" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Ray Charles reviews here, or go back to the Ray Charles tabs.

Ray Charles Band: Ray Charles
Title: Ray Sings, Basie Swings
Rating:
Release Date: 2006-10-03
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Oh What A Beautiful Morning 2: Let The Good Times Roll 3: How Long Has This Been Going On? 4: Every Saturday Night 5: I Can't Stop Loving You 6: Cryin' Time 7: Busted 8: Come Live With Me 9: Feel So Bad 10: The Long And Winding Road 11: Look What They've Done To My Song 12: Georgia On My Mind

Good Listening
Bottom Line for me is . I read the earlier reviews; they are informative and appreciated. . . It sounds good and I LIKE IT.


Listenable... but there's so much that is better
Ray Sings, Basie Swings isn't a bad album. . it just isn't very good.

Other people have commented on the sound quality of this CD. For my tastes Ray's voice is flat and the Basie Orchestra isn't exactly on fire. So what. . .

But in world where you can buy any one of a dozen of Ray Charles or The Count's best albums for less money than this album, why would you settle for this one?

And you would get so much more out of them. This album is practically throwaway by comparison.

For Ray Charles, try Genius Sings Soul, Genius Hits the Road, or Soul Brothers.

For Count Basie, pick up Atomic Basie (or just about anything else he recorded WHILE HE WAS ACTUALLY ALIVE).

Get it if you want it. I don't think you'll be disappointed. Just don't prepare to be amazed, because you won't be.


Phenomenal!
Close your eyes, sit back, and enjoy the ride. This record sounds fantastic! Hats off to everybody involved with the project. Quincy Jones is right on the mark, as usual, with his remark that this record is one for the ages! Yes indeed it is!!!.


Best Ray Charles CD hands down
It is currently my favorite CD in my collection. I can't understand why anyone would give this CD anything other than 5 stars. I put it on whenever I want to feel really good. Ray is all over it. And as added bonus, this disc is filled with great B-3 alla Joey DeFrancesco and great Wurlitzer. I love Ray and I have many his albums. This is my favorite, even though he didn't really make it. The arrangements are fantastic. It is knit together seamlessly--you would never know that the vocals and the instrumental tracks were recorded 30 years apart. I'd like to buy a case of this CD and give it to everyone I know. BUT IT! .


Ignore the hype on this CD
Despite what the producers of this album want you to believe. . the vocal tracks on these tracks are not "superior". It sounds like Ray Charles is singing in the shower, and the shower is on the other side of the house. . . . meanwhile, the basie orchestra and the backing vocal singers are blasting away on the couch right next to you.

This is a great technology achievement???? This is horrible, on many levels, and not because they merged two sets of tracks cut 30 years apart. On some tracks, Ray's vocals are basically inaudible. . . and Ray is just an annoying buzz in the background. Most modern bootleg recordings are way better than this. There's a reason these tapes were buried away somewhere, as good as Ray's performance may have been if you saw the show live.

Spend your hard earned money elsewhere. . . as another viewer noted. . . there are much better recordings of both Ray the the Basie Orchestra available.



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