In Person is a live album recorded by Ray Charles

Ray Charles

Ray Charles Robinson , known by his shortened stage name Ray Charles, was an American musician. He was a pioneer in the genre of soul music during the 1950s by fusing rhythm and blues, gospel, and blues styles into his early recordings with Atlantic Records...

 on May 28, 1959 on a rainy night in Atlanta, Georgia

Atlanta, Georgia

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 at Morris Brown College

Morris Brown College

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's Herndon Stadium

Herndon Stadium

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. All tracks from this album together with those from Ray Charles at Newport

Ray Charles at Newport

Ray Charles at Newport is a 1958 live album of Ray Charles' July 5, 1958 performance at the Newport Jazz Festival. All tracks from this album, along with all tracks from his 1959 Herndon Stadium performance in Atlanta, were also released on the 1987 Atlantic compilation, Ray Charles, Live...

were also released on the 1987 Atlantic

Atlantic Records

Atlantic Records is an American record label best known for its many recordings of rhythm and blues, rock and roll, and jazz...

 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 from 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

Rhythm and blues

Rhythm and blues, often abbreviated to R&B, is a genre of popular African American music that originated in the 1940s. The term was originally used by record companies to describe recordings marketed predominantly to urban African Americans, at a time when "urbane, rocking, jazz based music with a...

 Ray Charles sound prior to his great crossover success.

Track listing

1. "The Right Time"
2. "What'd I Say"
3. "Yes, Indeed"
4. "The Spirit Feel"
5. "Frenesi"
6. "Drown In My Own Tears"
7. "Tell The Truth"

Personnel

• Ray Charles – keyboards
  Keyboard instrument
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  , vocals
• Marcus Belgrave
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   – trumpet
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• John Hunt – trumpet
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• David Newman
  David Newman (jazz musician)
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   – tenor saxophone
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  , alto saxophone
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• Bennie Crawford
  Hank Crawford
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   – baritone saxophone
  Baritone saxophone
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• Edgar Willis – bass
  Double bass
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• Teagle Fleming – drums
• Marjorie Hendricks – vocals
• The Raelets – vocal group

The track "Yes, Indeed" was recorded live at the Newport Jazz Festival

Newport Jazz Festival

The Newport Jazz Festival is a music festival held every summer in Newport, Rhode Island, USA. It was established in 1954 by socialite Elaine Lorillard, who, together with husband Louis Lorillard, financed the festival for many years. The couple hired jazz impresario George Wein to organize the...

on July 5, 1958, with Lee Harper replacing John Hunt on trumpet and Richie Goldberg replacing Teagle Fleming on drums.