Ray Charles at Newport

Ray Charles at Newport
Live album by Ray Charles
Released	November 1958
Recorded	July 5, 1958
Venue	Newport Jazz Festival, Newport, Rhode Island
Genre	R&B
Length	40:28
Label	Atlantic
Producer	Tom Dowd (engineer)
Ray Charles chronology
Yes Indeed! (1958) Ray Charles at Newport (1958) What'd I Say (1959)
Re-issue cover
1987 re-issue/compilation

Ray Charles at Newport is a 1958

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Track listing

All tracks composed by Ray Charles, except where indicated

Side A

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Night Time Is the Right Time"	Ozzie Cadena, Lew Herman	4:06
2.	"In a Little Spanish Town"	Sam Lewis, Mabel Wayne, Joe Young	3:47
3.	"I Got a Woman"	Ray Charles, Renald Richard	6:24
4.	"Blues Waltz"	Max Roach	6:29

Side B

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
5.	"Hot Rod"		3:43
6.	"Talkin' 'bout You"		4:26
7.	"Sherry"	Hank Crawford	4:18
8.	"A Fool for You"		7:15
Total length:			40:28

Personnel

• Ray Charles –
  lead vocals
• Marcus Belgrave – trumpet
• Lee Harper – trumpet
• David "Fathead" Newman – tenor saxophone
• Bennie Crawford – alto saxophone, baritone saxophone
• Edgar Willis – bass
• Richie Goldberg – drums
• vocals
  on "The Right Time"
• The Raelettes – backing vocals

Technical

• Tom Dowd, Harold Chapman – recording engineer
• Marvin Israel - cover design
• Lee Friedlander - cover photography

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