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Ray Charles at Newport is a 1958 live album of Ray Charles' July 5, 1958 performance at the Newport Jazz Festival.[1] The detailed liner notes on the album were written by Kenneth Lee Karpe.[2] All tracks from this Newport album, along with all tracks from his 1959 Herndon Stadium performance in Atlanta, were also released on the Atlantic compilation LP Ray Charles Live. A later CD reissue of that compilation album included a previously unissued song from the 1958 Newport concert, "Swanee River Rock".[3][4]

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Ray Charles at Newport
Live album by Ray Charles
Released	November 1958
Recorded	July 5, 1958
Venue	Newport Jazz Festival, Newport, Rhode Island
Genre	R&B
Length	40:28
Label	Atlantic
Producer	Tom Dowd (engineer)
Ray Charles chronology
Yes Indeed! (1958) Ray Charles at Newport (1958) What'd I Say (1959)
Re-issue cover
1987 re-issue/compilation

Track listing

All tracks composed by Ray Charles, except where indicated

Personnel

• Ray Charles – keyboards, piano, lead vocals
• Marcus Belgrave – trumpet
• Lee Harper – trumpet
• David "Fathead" Newman – tenor saxophone
• Bennie Crawford – alto saxophone, baritone saxophone
• Edgar Willis – bass
• Richie Goldberg – drums
• Marjorie Hendricks – vocals on "The Right Time"
• The Raelettes – backing vocals

Technical

• Tom Dowd, Harold Chapman – recording engineer
• Marvin Israel - cover design
• Lee Friedlander - cover photography

References

Citations

Sources

• Atlantic 1289
• Ray Charles At Newport at Discogs

External links

• Ray Charles Video Museum
• It's All About Ray

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