Ray Charles w/The Count Basie Orchestra The Long And Winding Road

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Composed by John Lennon & Paul McCartney

Ray Charles:Vocals

The Count Basie Orchestra:



Marshall McDonald alto saxophone, flute
Grant Langford alto saxophone
Doug Lawrence tenor saxophone
Doug Miller tenor saxophone
John Williams baritone saxophone
Mike Williams trumpet
Scotty Barnhart trumpet
Shawn C. Edmonds trumpet
Endré Ric trumpet
Dave Keim trombone
Alvin S. Walker trombone
Clarence Banks trombone
Barry K. Cooper Jr. bass trombone
Tony Suggs piano
Will Matthews guitar
James Leary bass
Butch Miles drums
featuring:

Joey DeFrancesco:Hammond B-3 organ

Additional musicians:

Shelly Berg
Jim Cox
Wayne Bergeron
Andy Martin
John Chiodini
Chuck Berghofer
Gregg Field

Ray Charles' vocals were taken from concert tapes recorded in England & Germany in the mid-1970's. These were soundboard recordings and the orchestra tracks sounded poorly. The vocals were mixed above the instruments, and sound engineers were able to save them and mix them. The tapes were discovered after Ray's death.

Instrumentation recorded in Los Angeles, CA. February through May, 2006.

This recording taken from the 2006 CD "Ray Charles + The Count Basie Orchestra:Ray Sings, Basie Swings"

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[Steven Weinstein]

Not sure who it is. I've seen that pic before. Maybe on the same tribute site. Look carefully and you can tell it doesn't really look like him. Probably a Ray Charles impersonator.

[MrBeatlesCovers]

I can see the difference now. I didn't catch that at the time. I'm afraid it's going have to stay in there. I don't want to take it down an redo it since this clip has more hits on it than any of my others.

Thanks for pointing that out,

Mike

[Steven Weinstein]

Unfortunately the picture at 3:26 is not Ray Charles.

[MrBeatlesCovers]

O.K., since I carefully select photos for my videos, who is it then? The photo came from a Ray Charles tribute website. Just asking.

[dieselheart001]

Thank you for sharing this. I never imagined this song in this style, but now that I've heard it I can't imagine it not being done this way, or by someone else as wonderful as Ray... this is a bit of Heaven

right here on earth.

DZL<3

[MrBeatlesCovers]

You're very welcome!

[Cch092775]

Next to the original, this is the best version of this song I have ever heard.

[Dan Palma]

I agree with Cch092775

[Steven Weinstein]

Sorry, I've been following Ray Charles for 50 years and I can assure u that person is definitely not Ray Charles.

[Yukio Ishibashi]

最高ですね。ベイシーとレイ・チャールズすばらしい。麦太郎です­。

[cambodiaism]

Powerful, simply the best!

[Afrika Shaw]

It's him.

[Afrika Shaw]

All of Ray - a young version and older version. 3:26 is just not a good pose