Ray Charles at Newport

{{Infobox album

| name = Ray Charles at Newport

| type = live

| artist = Ray Charles

| cover = RayCharlesatNewport.jpg

| border = yes

| alt =

| released = November 1958

| recorded = July 5, 1958

| venue = Newport Jazz Festival, Newport, Rhode Island

| studio =

| genre = R&B

| length = 40:28

| label = Atlantic

| producer = Tom Dowd (engineer)

| prev_title = Yes Indeed!

| prev_year = 1958

| next_title = What'd I Say

| next_year = 1959

| misc = {{Extra album cover

| header = Re-issue cover

| type = live

| cover = RayCharlesLive_1987AtlanticRecords.jpg

| border =

| alt =

| caption = 1987 re-issue/compilation

}}

}}

Ray Charles at Newport is a 1958 live album of Ray Charles' July 5, 1958 performance at the Newport Jazz Festival.{{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000740560|title=Ray Charles at Newport}} The detailed liner notes on the album were written by Kenneth Lee Karpe.{{cite web|url=https://www.musiconvinyl.com/catalog/ray-charles/at-newport|title=Ray Charles at Newport|publisher=Music On Vinyl}} All tracks from this Newport album, along with all tracks from his 1959 Herndon Stadium performance in Atlanta, were also released on the Atlantic compilation LP Ray Charles Live. A later CD reissue of that compilation album included a previously unissued song from the 1958 Newport concert, "Swanee River Rock".{{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000189359|title=Ray Charles Live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.rhino.com/article/deep-dive-ray-charles-ray-charles-in-person|date=November 14, 2016|title=Deep Dive: Ray Charles, Ray Charles In Person|publisher=Rhino}}

{{Album reviews

|rev1 = Allmusic

|rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}} [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000740560|pure_url=yes}} link]

|rev2 = Discogs

|rev2score = {{Rating|4.05|5}} [{{Discogs release|2585927|pure_url=yes}} link]

}}

Track listing

All tracks composed by Ray Charles, except where indicated

{{Track listing

| collapsed =

| headline = Side A

| all_writing =

| all_lyrics =

| all_music =

| title1 = Night Time Is the Right Time

| length1 = 4:06

| writer1 = Ozzie Cadena, Lew Herman

| title2 = In a Little Spanish Town

| length2 = 3:47

| writer2 = Sam Lewis, Mabel Wayne, Joe Young

| title3 = I Got a Woman

| length3 = 6:24

| writer3 = Ray Charles, Renald Richard

| title4 = Blues Waltz

| length4 = 6:29

| writer4 = Max Roach

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Side B

| title5 = Hot Rod

| length5 = 3:43

| note5 =

| title6 = Talkin' 'bout You

| length6 = 4:26

| note6 =

| title7 = Sherry

| length7 = 4:18

| writer7 = Hank Crawford

| title8 = A Fool for You

| length8 = 7:15

| note8 =

|total_length = 40:28

}}

Personnel

;Technical

References

;Citations

{{Reflist}}

;Sources

  • Atlantic 1289
  • {{Discogs release|2585927|Ray Charles At Newport |type=album}}