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only picked up these 2, but they are NM cond , the RC is great and will definately get more than 1 play....super production values :applaud:
normally I dont care for horns,,,but the ones on Genius + Soul = Jazz are very nice..:bouncy:
http://www.amazon.com/Genius-Soul-Ja.../dp/B000003424
Living Blues
Quincy Jones supplied the Latin-tempo arrangement for [Charles].... Two brilliant big band blues ... are the epitome of hip.
Product Description
Charles' only all-instrumental LPs on one CD! 1961's Genius + Soul = Jazz is a big band jazz workout featuring the Count Basie Band and arrangements from Quincy Jones. It includes the Top 10 hit "One Mint Julep."
http://www.warr.org/charles.html#G+S=J
http://www.warr.org/star45.gif Genius + Soul = Jazz (1961)
An unvarnished big band jazz album. Like Genius Of, Jones did the arrangements, but the results are far grittier and swing a lot harder: Ray's distinctive organ playing is prominent (the Top Ten hit "One Mint Julep"), the horns are blowing like crazy ("Birth Of The Blues"), and though most of the tracks are instrumental, Charles' stamp is unmistakable throughout, and his vocal features just stand out further by contrast ("I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town"). Three tunes are Charles originals, including the opening "From The Heart." (DBW)
http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p...0:h84gtq8ztu48
One of the best early-'60s examples of soul/jazz crossover, this record, like several of his dates from the period, featured big-band arrangements (played by the Count Basie band). This fared better than some of Charles' similar outings, however, if only because it muted some of his straight pop aspirations in favor of some pretty mean and lean, cut-to-the-heart-of-the-matter B-3 Hammond organ licks. Most of the album is instrumental and swings pretty vivaciously, although Charles does take a couple of vocals with "I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town" and "I've Got News for You." Yet one of those instrumentals, a cover of the Clovers' "One Mint Julep," would give Charles one of his most unpredictable (and best) early-'60s hits.
LATER :went thru Genius + Soul = Jazz 3x... really like it, its one of the better finds in the last month or two...:):D:applaud::bouncy: