Ray Charles - The Genius After Hours MONO SACD Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab MFSL

1961 INSTRUMENTAL SET TRUE TO ITS NAME: THE SOUND OF CHARLES LETTING LOOSE IN AN INTIMATE JAZZ CLUB There's no doubting Ray Charles became a legend only after moving to Atlantic Records where, in the mid and late 1950s, he rung up a string of hits that redefined popular music and gave birth to R&B. Yet the label refused to shoehorn Charles into strictly sticking with vocal fare. Recognizing his jazz and blues roots, Atlantic both permitted and encouraged him to record instrumental sides with jazz combos and pursue piano-based material with which he was originally associated. The Genius After Hours Ain't Misbehavin' Dawn Ray Joy Ride Hornful Soul The Man I Love Charlesville Music, Music, Music Opening up the veil onto these early 1960s sessions, the collector's disc functions as a tableside-seat at a smoky jazz club where, for sheer fun and amusement, Charles gathers with a handful of cohorts and lets loose with hard-bop standards and swinging rhythms. The cavity of Charles' instr