Ray Charles - Let The Good Time Roll - Live - 13 July 1980 • World of Jazz

Ray Charles & The Raelettes perform "Let the good times roll" (Sam Theard, Fleecie Moore) live in concert – 13 July 1980

Ray Charles, The Ray Charles Orchestra & The Raelettes live at the North Sea Jazz Festival 1980

Ray Charles Robinson (September 23, 1930 – June 10, 2004), known professionally as Ray Charles, was an American singer-songwriter, musician, and composer. Among friends and fellow musicians he preferred being called "Brother Ray". He was often referred to as "The Genius". Charles was blind from the age of seven.
He played several times at the North Sea Jazz Festival. This is the second concert that day in 1980.

Check the repertoire played at this second concert elsewhere on World of Jazz:

The Ray Charles Orchestra introduction;
'Metamorphosis' (Ray Charles Orchestra)
Ray Charles & Orchestra:
"Let the good times roll"; (Sam Theard, Fleecie Moore)
"Georgia On My Mind"; (Hoagy Carmichael, Stuart Gorrell)
"Oh what a beautiful morning"; (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein)
"How long has this been going on"; (George & Ira Gershwin)
“Feel So Bad” (Chuck Willis)
"She knows"; (Renald Richard, Ray Charles)

Ray Charles & The Raelettes:
"I want your love" (The Raelettes ft. Estella Yarbrough) (Bernard Edwards, Nile Rodgers)
"Do it to me slow" (The Raelettes ft. Pat Peterson)
"Crying time" (Buck Owens) (ft.Madelyn Quebec; intro with 'There's A Long Long Trail A-Winding')
"You are my sunshine" (Jimmie Davis, Charles Mitchell) (ft.Trudy Cohran)
“Stormy Monday (T-Bone Walker)
"What’d 'I Say" (Ray Charles)

Ray Charles - vocals, piano, electric piano;
Mitch Manker, Doug Crescimano, Tom Swayzee, Doug Martin - trumpets;
Art Velasco, Dan Marcus, Papo Vázquez, Steve Davis - trombones; Ricky Woodard, Clifford Solomon, Ira Weinstein, Rudy Johnson, Mark Roland - saxophones;
Tony Mathews - guitar;
Curtis Ohlson - bass;
Peter Turre - drums;
James Polk - keyboards.
Raeletts: Estella Yarbrough, Pat Peterson, Madelyn Quebec, Trudy Cohran, Avis Harrell - vocals, background vocals.
With thanks to Bob Stumpel


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