Soul Brothers

{{Infobox album

| name = Soul Brothers

| type = album

| artist = Ray Charles & Milt Jackson

| cover = SoulBrothers RayCharlesMiltJackson.jpg

| border = yes

| alt =

| released = June 1958

| recorded = September 12, 1957 (tracks 1–2), and April 10, 1958 (tracks 3–7), in New York City

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = R&B, jazz

| length = 38:42

| label = Atlantic, Studio One

| producer = Nesuhi Ertegun

| chronology = Ray Charles

| prev_title = The Great Ray Charles

| prev_year = 1957

| next_title = Yes Indeed!

| next_year = 1958

| misc = {{Extra chronology

| artist = Milt Jackson

| type = studio

| prev_title = The Modern Jazz Quartet Plays No Sun in Venice

| prev_year = 1958

| title = Soul Brothers

| year = 1958

| next_title = The Modern Jazz Quartet at Music Inn Volume 2

| next_year = 1959

}}

{{Extra album cover

| header = alternate release cover

| type = Album

| cover = SoulBrothersSoulMeeting RayCharlesMiltJackson.jpg

| border = yes

| alt =

| caption = compilation CD / re-issue

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}}

{{Music ratings

|rev1 = AllMusic

|rev1score = {{rating|4|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r3663|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic review.]

|rev2 = DownBeat

|rev2Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}DownBeat: September 18, 1958, Vol. 25, No. 19.

}}

Soul Brothers is the third album recorded by Ray Charles and the eleventh album by Milt Jackson and released by Atlantic Records in 1958. The album was later re-issued in a two-CD compilation together with the other Charles–Jackson album Soul Meeting and included additional tracks from the same recording sessions not present on the original LP releases.

Track listing

All songs composed by Ray Charles except where noted.

=Original LP release=

Side A

  1. "Soul Brothers" (Quincy Jones) – 9:34
  2. "How Long, How Long Blues" (Leroy Carr) – 9:15

Side B

  1. "Cosmic Ray" – 5:21
  2. "Blue Funk" – 8:09
  3. "Bag's Guitar Blues" (Milt Jackson) – 6:23 [mono LP release]Soul Brothers / Soul Meeting compilation re-issue cover notes.
  4. "'Deed I Do" (Walter Hirsch, Fred Rose) – 5:50 [stereo LP release]

=CD re-issue/compilation=

Disc one

  1. "How Long, How Long Blues" Leroy Carr – 9:16
  2. "Cosmic Ray" – 5:23
  3. "The Genius After Hours" – 5:24
  4. "Charlesville" – 4:55
  5. "Bags of Blues" (Jackson) – 8:50
  6. "'Deed I Do" (Hirsch, Rose) – 5:50
  7. "Blue Funk" – 8:05

Disc two

  1. "Soul Brothers" (Jones) – 9:34
  2. "Bag's Guitar Blues" (Jackson) – 6:27
  3. "Soul Meeting" (Jackson) – 6:04
  4. "Hallelujah, I Love Her" So – 5:29
  5. "Blue Genius" – 6:40
  6. "X-Ray Blues" – 8:10
  7. "Love on My Mind" – 3:45

Personnel

Production

References

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