Album · 1994
Blues + Jazz
by Ray Charles
Blues + Jazz is an album by Ray Charles, released in 1994 on Atlantic, with 40 tracks.
- 40
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- 148 min
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40 tracks · 148 min
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Another easy access point for Charles' seminal Atlantic catalog. This two-disc set is evenly split between his bluesiest sides on the first disc and a selection of his greatest jazz sides on disc two (gorgeously showcasing the sax work of David "Fathead" Newman on several pieces). Charles was a masterful blues purveyor; his "I Believe to My Soul" is simultaneously invested with heartbreak and humor, while the earlier "Sinner's Prayer," "The Sun's Gonna Shine Again," and the gospel-based "A Fool for You" emanate both hope and deep pain.