''My Kind of Jazz'' is a 1970 album by

Ray Charles Ray Charles Robinson Sr. (September 23, 1930 – June 10, 2004) was an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. He is regarded as one of the most iconic and influential singers in history, and was often referred to by contemporaries as "The Ge ...

Track listing

# "Golden Boy" (

Charles Strouse Charles Strouse (born June 7, 1928) is an American composer and lyricist best known for writing the music to such Broadway musicals as '' Bye Bye Birdie'', ''Applause'', and '' Annie''. Life and career Strouse was born in New York City, to Jewis ...

Lee Adams Lee Richard Adams (born August 14, 1924) is an American lyricist best known for his musical theatre collaboration with Charles Strouse. Biography Born in Mansfield, Ohio, Adams is the son of Dr. Leopold Adams, originally of Stamford, Connectic ...

) – 3:34 # "Booty Butt" (Ray Charles) – 4:11 # "This Here" (

Bobby Timmons Robert Henry Timmons (December 19, 1935 – March 1, 1974) was an American jazz pianist and composer. He was a sideman in Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers for two periods (July 1958 to September 1959; February 1960 to June 1961), between which he wa ...

) – 4:43 # " I Remember Clifford" ( Benny Golson) – 3:39 # "Sidewinder" (

Lee Morgan Edward Lee Morgan (July 10, 1938 – February 19, 1972) was an American jazz trumpeter and composer. One of the key hard bop musicians of the 1960s, Morgan came to prominence in his late teens, recording on John Coltrane's '' Blue Train'' (1 ...

) – 3:29 # "Bluesette" (

Toots Thielemans Jean-Baptiste Frédéric Isidor, Baron Thielemans (29 April 1922 – 22 August 2016), known professionally as Toots Thielemans, was a Belgian jazz musician. He was mostly known for his chromatic harmonica playing, as well as his guitar and whistl ...

) – 3:22 # "Pas–Se–O–Ne Blues" ( John Anderson) – 4:43 # "Zig Zag" (Bill Baker) – 4:31 # "Angel City" (

Teddy Edwards Theodore Marcus Edwards (April 26, 1924 – April 20, 2003) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. Biography Edwards was born in Jackson, Mississippi, United States. He learned to play at a very early age, first on alto saxophone and the ...

) – 4:24 # "Señor Blues" (

Horace Silver Horace Ward Martin Tavares Silver (September 2, 1928 – June 18, 2014) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger, particularly in the hard bop style that he helped pioneer in the 1950s. After playing tenor saxophone and piano at sc ...

) – 5:24

Personnel

Bobby Bryant Bobby Bryant (born January 24, 1944) is a former cornerback for the Minnesota Vikings. Early life At Willingham High School, he was a star in football along with basketball, track and field, and baseball. Bryant was recruited to play for the Un ...

, Bill King, Marshall Hunt,

Blue Mitchell Richard Allen "Blue" Mitchell (March 13, 1930 – May 21, 1979) was an American trumpeter and composer who worked in jazz, rhythm and blues, soul, rock and funk. He recorded albums as leader and sideman for Riverside, Mainstream Records, and ...

- trumpet *Glen Childress,

Henry Coker Henry Coker (December 24, 1919 – November 23, 1979) was an American jazz trombonist. Biography Coker was born in Dallas, Texas, United States. He made his professional debut with John White in 1935. From 1937 to 1939 he played with Nat Towles' ...

, Joe Randazzo (and Edward Comegys? or Fred Murrell? or David Phelps?) - trombone *J. Lloyd Miller - alto saxophone, oboe * Curtis Peagler - alto saxophone * Andy Ennis, Albert McQueen, Clifford Scott - tenor saxophone * Leroy Cooper - baritone saxophone *Ben Martin - guitar *

Edgar Willis Edgar Willis is a jazz bassist. Associated for many years with Ray Charles, Willis was also a member of the late 1950s Sonny Stitt Quartet, with Bobby Timmons and Kenny Dennis. Discography ;With Curtis Amy *''Mustang'' (Verve, 1967) With Ra ...

- bass *Ernest Elly - drums *

- arranger (track 9 only)

References

*Tangerine 1512

External links

Album summary at warr.org
{{Authority control 1970 albums Ray Charles albums Albums produced by Quincy Jones Jazz albums by American artists Rhino Records albums Tangerine Records (1962) albums