Genius + Soul = Jazz (album)

Genius + Soul = Jazz is a 1961 album by Ray Charles.

Featuring arrangements by Quincy Jones and Ralph Burns, Charles is accompanied by members of The Count Basie Band. The album was re-issued by Rhino Records in 1997 on a single CD together with Charles' 1970 My Kind of Jazz.

Track listing

 * 1) "From the Heart" – 3:30
 * 2) "I've Got News for You" (Ray Alfred) – 4:28
 * 3) "Moanin'" (Bobby Timmons) – 3:14
 * 4) "Let's Go" – 2:39
 * 5) "One Mint Julep" (Rudy Toombs) – 3:02
 * 6) "I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town" (William Weldon/Roy Jacobs) – 3:38
 * 7) "Stompin' Room Only" – 3:35
 * 8) "Mister C" – 4:28
 * 9) "Strike Up the Band" – 2:35
 * 10) "Birth of the Blues" – 5:05

Additional tracks on 1997 re-issue from My Kind of Jazz

 * 1) "Golden Boy" (Strouse)
 * 2) "Booty-Butt" (Charles)
 * 3) "This Here" (Timmons)
 * 4) "I Remember Clifford" (Golson)
 * 5) "Sidewinder" (Morgan)
 * 6) "Bluesette" (Thielemans)
 * 7) "Pas-Se-O-Ne Blues" (Anderson)
 * 8) "Zig Zag" (Baker)
 * 9) "Angel City" (Edwards)
 * 10) "Señor Blues" (Silver)

My Kind of Jazz

 * 1) "Golden Boy"
 * 2) "Booty-Butt"
 * 3) "This Here"
 * 4) "I Remember Clifford"
 * 5) "Sidewinder"
 * 6) "Bluesette"
 * 7) "Pas-Se-O-Ne Blues"
 * 8) "Zig Zag"
 * 9) "Angel City"
 * 10) "Señor Blues"

Jazz Number II

 * 1) "Our Suite" (Ray Charles, Roger Neumann)
 * 2) "A Pair of Threes" (Alf Clausen)
 * 3) "Morning of Carnival" (Louis Bonfa/Jungnickel)
 * 4) "Going Home" (Teddy Edwards)
 * 5) "Kids Are Pretty People" (Thad Jones)
 * 6) "Togetherness" (Jimmy Heath)
 * 7) "Brazilian Skies" (Teddy Edwards)

My Kind of Jazz, Part 3

 * 1) "I'm Gonna Go Fishing" (Duke Ellington)
 * 2) "For Her (Alf Clausen)
 * 3) "Sister Sadie" (Horace Silver)
 * 4) "3/4 of the Time" (Roger Neumann)
 * 5) "Ray Minor Ray" (Benny Golson)
 * 6) "Samba de Elencia" (Alf Clausen)
 * 7) "Metamorphosis" (Roger Neumann)
 * 8) "Nothing Wrong" (Charlie Mariano)
 * 9) "Project "S"" (Jimmy Heath)

Bonus track

 * 1) "Misty" (Johnny Burke, Erroll Garner)

Personnel

 * Ray Charles - vocals, Hammond B-3 organ
 * Thad Jones - cornet
 * Freddie Green - guitar
 * Billy Mitchell - saxophone
 * Frank Wess - saxophone
 * Quincy Jones - arrangements