Genius + Soul = Jazz

Album by Ray Charles

Genius + Soul = Jazz is a 1961 Impulse! album on which Ray Charles plays Hammond organ with big-band ensembles featuring members of the Count Basie Orchestra, arranged by Quincy Jones and Ralph Burns. Produced by Creed Taylor at Van Gelder Studio, it blends jazz and rhythm and blues into a soul-jazz sound.

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  1. 1.
    From the Heart
    3:40
  2. 2.
    I’ve Got News for You
    4:32
  3. 3.
    Moanin’
    3:21
  4. 4.
    Let’s Go
    2:44
  5. 5.
    One Mint Julep
    3:09
  6. 6.
    I’m Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town
    3:46
  7. 7.
    Stompin’ Room Only
    3:48
  8. 8.
    Mister C.
    4:33
  9. 9.
    Strike Up the Band
    2:39
  10. 10.
    Birth of the Blues
    5:14

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