CD 1 Genius + Soul = Jazz: 01. From the Heart - 3:33; 02. I've Got News for You - 4:30; 03. Moanin' - 3:16; 04. Let's Go - 2:40; 05. One Mint Julep - 3:04; 06. I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town ...

The Ray Charles catalog is gradually being reissued and re-introduced to a new generation of music fans and some older ones who want to re-visit his music. The original 1961 release of Genius + Soul = ...

Ray Charles got his start in an era when being a musician often meant taking on a nickname. Nicknames helped sell records, after all, even if they weren't always accurate. Maybe it was an accident ...

Frank Sinatra called him “the only genius in our business,” and considering the utter originality of Ray Charles’ music–a cunning mixture of the sacred and the sensual–the comment may have been an ...

Fifty years ago, music producer Creed Taylor founded Impulse! Records and brought jazz to a new generation of listeners. Ray Charles’ “Genius + Soul = Jazz”; John Coltrane’s “Africa/Brass”; Gil Evans’ ...