The Great Ray Charles
The Great Ray Charles is the second studio album by American musician Ray Charles, released in 1957 by Atlantic Records. An instrumental jazz album, it features cover art designed by Marvin Israel. Later CD re-issues of The Great Ray Charles often include six out of the eight songs from the 1961 album The Genius After Hours, as bonus tracks. Release The Great Ray Charles was released by Atlantic Records in August 1957. Due to frequent airplay of two tracks off the album, "Doodlin" and "Sweet Sixteen Bars", Atlantic released those two tracks as an EP later that same year. Track listing Original LP release Note: Some sources list "Ain't Misbehavin" in place of "Black Coffee". 1987 CD reissue Personnel Ray Charles – celesta, piano Oscar Pettiford, Roosevelt Sheffield – bass Joe Harris, William Peeples – drums David "Fathead" Newman – alto and tenor saxophone Emmot Dennis – baritone saxophone Joe Bridgewater – trumpet, soloist John Hunt – trumpet Technical Earle Brown, Tom Dowd – recording engineer Marvin Israel – design Lee Friedlander – cover photography Notes References 1957 albums Ray Charles albums Albums produced by Jerry Wexler Albums produced by Ahmet Ertegun Atlantic Records albums