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
- Ray Charles – keyboards, piano, alto saxophone, lead vocals
- Marcus Belgrave – trumpet
- Lee Harper – trumpet
- David "Fathead" Newman – tenor saxophone
- Bennie Crawford – alto saxophone, baritone saxophone
- Edgar Willis – bass
- Richie Goldberg – drums
- Marjorie Hendricks – vocals on "The Right Time"
- The Raelettes – backing vocals
;Technical
- Tom Dowd, Harold Chapman – recording engineer
- Marvin Israel – cover design
- Lee Friedlander – cover photography
References
;Citations
{{Reflist}}
;Sources
- Atlantic 1289
- {{Discogs release|2585927|Ray Charles At Newport |type=album}}
External links
- [http://raycharlesvideomuseum.blogspot.com/2010/02/ray-charles-at-newport.html Ray Charles Video Museum]
- [http://www.itsallaboutray.com/album-reviews/ray-charles-at-newport-1958 It's All About Ray]
{{Ray Charles}}
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Category:Ray Charles live albums
Category:Albums recorded at the Newport Jazz Festival