Ray Charles - the 1960's
from Brother Ray: Ray Charles' Own Story, page 293:
Blowing out notes [in the 1960’s] in whichever way, whenever you please, paying no mind to the chord changes--well, that doesn't hold me, doesn't make me want to listen. Far as I'm concerned, music should be beautiful, and the most beautiful aspect of music is its simplicity… [N]o fad's ever going to replace the basics: the beauty of a tenor saxophone, the sound of a plain piano, the naturalness of the human voice. I continued to listen to the things which have always sounded good to me: country music by George Jones; jazz by Stan Getz, Lockjaw Davis, or Johnny Griffin; … more >>
David Ritz and Ray Charles, Brother Ray: Ray Charles' Own Story (New York, 2003), p. 293. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1427970039314 accessed: 26 January, 2025
Listeners
Listening to
hide composersGospel music | performed by The Swan Silvertones, Clara Ward |
country and western music | performed by George Jones |
jazz (, performance of)
written by Miles Davis, Richard Rodgers |
performed by Stan Getz, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Johnny Griffin |
Experience Information
Date/Time | the 1960's |