''Soul Brothers'' is the third album recorded by

Ray Charles Ray Charles Robinson (September 23, 1930 – June 10, 2004) was an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. He is regarded as one of the most iconic and influential musicians in history, and was often referred to by contemporaries as "The Gen ...

and the eleventh album by

Milt Jackson Milton Jackson (January 1, 1923 – October 9, 1999), nicknamed "Bags", was an American jazz vibraphonist. He is especially remembered for his cool swinging solos as a member of the Modern Jazz Quartet and his penchant for collaborating with ...

and released by

Atlantic Records Atlantic Recording Corporation (simply known as Atlantic Records) is an American record label founded in October 1947 by Ahmet Ertegun and Herb Abramson. Over the course of its first two decades, starting from the release of its first recor ...

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 # "Soul Brothers" (

Quincy Jones Quincy Delight Jones Jr. (March 14, 1933 – November 3, 2024) was an American record producer, composer, arranger, conductor, trumpeter, and bandleader. Over the course of his seven-decade career, he received List of awards and nominations re ...

) – 9:34 # " How Long, How Long Blues" ( Leroy Carr) – 9:15 Side B #

"Cosmic Ray" – 5:21

# "Blue Funk" – 8:09 # "Bag's Guitar Blues" (

) – 6:23 ono LP releaseref>''Soul Brothers'' / ''Soul Meeting'' compilation re-issue cover notes. # " 'Deed I Do" (Walter Hirsch, Fred Rose) – 5:50 tereo LP release

CD re-issue/compilation

Disc one # " How Long, How Long Blues" Leroy Carr – 9:16 # "Cosmic Ray" – 5:23 # "The Genius After Hours" – 5:24 # "Charlesville" – 4:55 # "Bags of Blues" (Jackson) – 8:50 # "'Deed I Do" (Hirsch, Rose) – 5:50 # "Blue Funk" – 8:05 Disc two # "Soul Brothers" (Jones) – 9:34 # "Bag's Guitar Blues" (Jackson) – 6:27 # "Soul Meeting" (Jackson) – 6:04 # "Hallelujah, I Love Her" So – 5:29 # "Blue Genius" – 6:40 # "X-Ray Blues" – 8:10 # "Love on My Mind" – 3:45

Personnel

* Ray Charles –

piano A piano is a keyboard instrument that produces sound when its keys are depressed, activating an Action (music), action mechanism where hammers strike String (music), strings. Modern pianos have a row of 88 black and white keys, tuned to a c ...

alto saxophone The alto saxophone is a member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments. Saxophones were invented by Belgians, Belgian instrument designer Adolphe Sax in the 1840s and patented in 1846. The alto saxophone is pitched in the key of E♭ ( ...

* Milt Jackson –

vibraphone The vibraphone (also called the vibraharp) is a percussion instrument in the metallophone family. It consists of tuned metal bars and is typically played by using Percussion mallet, mallets to strike the bars. A person who plays the vibraphone ...

, piano,

guitar The guitar is a stringed musical instrument that is usually fretted (with Fretless guitar, some exceptions) and typically has six or Twelve-string guitar, twelve strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming ...

Billy Mitchell William Lendrum Mitchell (December 29, 1879 – February 19, 1936) was a United States Army officer who had a major role in the creation of the United States Air Force. Mitchell served in France during World War I and, by the conflict's end, ...

–

tenor saxophone The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B (whi ...

* Skeeter Best – guitar * Oscar Pettiford –

bass Bass or Basses may refer to: Fish * Bass (fish), various saltwater and freshwater species Wood * Bass or basswood, the wood of the tilia americana tree Music * Bass (sound), describing low-frequency sound or one of several instruments in th ...

* Connie Kay –

drums The drum is a member of the percussion instrument, percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, it is a membranophones, membranophone. Drums consist of at least one Acoustic membrane, membrane, c ...

Production

Tom Dowd Thomas John Dowd (October 20, 1925 – October 27, 2002) was an American recording engineer and producer for Atlantic Records. He was credited with innovating the multitrack recording method. Dowd worked on a veritable "who's who" of recordings ...

– recording engineer * Marvin Israel – cover design * Lee Friedlander – photography

References

External links

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