Ray Charles in Person

In Person is a live album recorded by Ray Charles on May 28, 1959, on a rainy night in Atlanta, Georgia, at Morris Brown College's Herndon Stadium. All tracks from this album together with those from Ray Charles at Newport were also released on the 1987 Atlantic compilation CD, Ray Charles Live.

The album was recorded by the concert sponsor, radio station WAOK. The station's lead disk jockey, Zenas "Daddy" Sears, recorded the album for the audience using a single microphone. The album is noted for its technical excellence in balancing band, singer, and audience, and also for its documentation of the jazzy R&B Ray Charles sound prior to his great crossover success. The album was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999.

Track listing

1. "The Right Time" (Lew Herman, Nappy Brown, Ozzie Cadena)
2. "What'd I Say" (Ray Charles)
3. "Yes, Indeed" (Sy Oliver)
4. "The Spirit Feel" (Milt Jackson)
5. "Frenesi" (Alberto Domínguez)
6. "Drown In My Own Tears" (Henry Glover)
7. "Tell The Truth" (Lowman Pauling)

Personnel

• Ray Charles – keyboards, vocals
• Marcus Belgrave – trumpet
• John Hunt – trumpet
• David "Fathead" Newman – tenor saxophone, alto saxophone
• Hank Crawford – alto saxophone, baritone saxophone
• Edgar Willis – bass
• Teagle Fleming – drums
• Marjorie Hendricks – vocals on "The Right Time" and "Tell The Truth"
• The Raelettes – backing vocals

The track "Yes, Indeed" was recorded live at the Newport Jazz Festival on July 5, 1958, with Lee Harper replacing John Hunt on trumpet and Richie Goldberg replacing Teagle Fleming on drums.

Technical

• Ivan Miles – recording engineer
• Lee Friedlander – cover photography

References

• Atlantic Records 8039