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RAY CHARLES / COUNT BASIE ORCHESTRA
 Ray Sings, Basie Swings
Cat. No: SACD63679 Format: Hybrid SACD
In 2006, Concord Music Group and Starbucks Hear Music collaborated on a technologically groundbreaking project that merged the sounds of two iconic figures in American popular music. ‘Ray Sings, Basie Swings’, released in October 2006, combined archival vocal tracks from R&B and soul icon Ray Charles with brilliant new arrangements and performances by the Count Basie Orchestra. Hailed by critics as one of the finest albums of the year, ‘Ray Sings, Basie Swings’ marks the first and only recording in which “the genius” is backed by the legendary bandleader’s orchestra.
Enter Telarc International, a member company in the multi-label Concord Music Group and a leader in digital recording technology since the late 1970s. Telarc recording engineer Michael Bishop, winner of numerous GRAMMY Awards, has taken this engineering marvel a quantum leap further by remixing Concord’s original 2-channel recording for multi-channel SACD. The result is a recording that makes this perceived “collaboration” all the more real and immediate.
Personnel:
Ray Charles – (vocals); Count Basie Orchestra, directed by Bill Hughes; The Raelettes
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. Busted
6. Crying Time
7. I Can't Stop Loving You
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
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