Recommendations of the Editorial team
Ray Charles is proof that the best music overcomes all borders and combines all beliefs. He can play music and is always very clear. His soul stands above everything.
The first time it became clear to me when I heard a live version of “What’d I Say” on AFN in Germany, late at night. Then I started buying his singles. His sound was amazing – it was blues, it was R&B, it was gospel, it was swing, it was everything I had heard before, but connected in a single, fascinating, soulful way.
As a singer, Ray Charles phrases like no other. He does not put the bar where you expect it, but he is always perfect, it is always true. But he had more than this voice, he also wrote these incredible songs.
He was a great musician, an astonishing studio tone, a great producer and a wonderful arranger.
There is a reason why he was borne by the genius: whatever he did – he made something of it. Today he is a genre in himself.
Whenever I hear him, I learn something new. This is a music that places a high bar. The two albums that are at the top are “Ray Charles at Newport” and “Ray Charles in person”. Then come “Genius + Soul = Jazz” with the Orchestra and Quincy Jones and “Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music”. There is so much that you should study – nowadays you have to go back almost to get forward.
His music is evading every marketing. She is global and appeals to everyone
I recently sang one of my songs with him, “Crazy Love”. It was fantastic. I’ve always loved his singing, but we were otherwise on the same wavelength.
I could feel his feelings. People like Ray Charles – and Sam Cooke, Bobby Bland and Solomon Burke – showed me what is soul. It’s not just about singing, but above all about what you put in. These guys spread their soul in front of you.
His music is evading every marketing. She is global and appeals to everyone. Ray Charles simply changed the music by the fact that he never adjusted that he did everything 100 % and that it brought about millions of people with the power of his soul. That is his legacy. I believe that Ray Charles’ music will survive us all.