Ray Charles' - Genius + Soul = Jazz planted a flag in the surface of popular music for Impulse and set the stage for a barrage of now classic releases including Oliver Nelson’s The Blues and the Abstract Truth, Gil Evans’ Out Of The Cool and of course a slew of John Coltrane gems such as Africa/Brass, Live! At The Village Vanguard and Coltrane on through to the sea-changing masterpiece, A Love Supreme.

This is a great album which takes Charles’ signature soul sound and amplifies it many notches, backed by a killer big band (Count Basie’s, with arrangements by the legendary Quincy Jones & Ralph Burns). Placing him behind a smokin’ Hammond B3 organ delivers a bigger sound than his regular organ or even piano.

• 1 From the Heart
• 2 I've Got News for You
• 3 Moanin'
• 4 Let's Go
• 5 One Mint Julep
• 6 It Had to Be You
• 7 'Deed I Do
• 8 I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town
• 9 Stompin' Room Only
• 10 Mister C.
• 11 Strike Up the Band
• 12 Birth of the Blues
• 13 Alexander's Ragtime Band