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Album Description: PURE GENIUS comes packaged in a '50s-inspired record-player case and contains a bonus DVD featuring live concert footage and an exclusive interview with producer Ahmet Ertegun.Personnel: Ray Charles (vocals, piano); McHouston "Mickey" Baker, Edgar Blanchard (guitar); Aug... read more PURE GENIUS comes packaged in a '50s-inspired record-player case and contains a bonus DVD featuring live concert footage and an exclusive interview with producer Ahmet Ertegun. Personnel: Ray Charles (vocals, piano); McHouston "Mickey" Baker, Edgar Blanchard (guitar); August "Dimes" Dupont, O'Neil Gerald (alto saxophone); Sam "The Man" Taylor , Warren Hebrard, Joe Tillman (tenor saxophone); Dave McRea, Warren Bell (baritone saxophone); Frank Mitchell, Wallace Davenport, Jesse Drakes (trumpet); Lloyd Lambert, Lloyd Trotman, Frank Fields (bass guitar); Connie Kay, Alonzo Stewart, Oscar Moore (drums); Candido Camero (congas). Additional personnel: Jesse Stone (vocals). Liner Note Authors: Ahmet Ertegun; David Ritz. A stunning seven-CD/one-DVD box set designed to look like a vintage 1950s record player, PURE GENIUS is aptly summed up by its full title--this mammoth collection features the complete '52-'59 Atlantic recording sessions of genre-defying legend Ray Charles. The first six discs encapsulate the Genius's groundbreaking Atlantic LPs, where Charles essentially invented soul music by tapping into unrestrained, gospel-inspired passion and channeling it into the secular sounds of jazz, R&B, and rock & roll. The seventh CD offers up an array of revealing outtakes, studio-dialogue snippets, and other tracks (most of which are previously unreleased), while the DVD presents Charles performing at the 1960 Newport Jazz Festival, as well as RAY biopic director Taylor Hackford interviewing Atlantic Records' Ahmet Ertegun, who was crucial in helping the beloved artist find his signature sound. minimize Album Information
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