''Soul Meeting'' is a 1961 Atlantic Records album of recordings made 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 ...

and Milt Jackson in 1957. The album was later re-issued together with the earlier '' Soul Brothers'' (1958), on a 2 CD compilation together with other 'bonus' tracks from the same Charles and Jackson recording sessions.

Reception

On release the album was given a rating of 3.5 out of 5 in the February 1963 issue of ''

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'' magazine. In a retrospective review for

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, Cub Koda described the music as "bluesy jazz in a laid-back manner".

Track listing

All songs composed by

except as indicated.

Original LP release

LP side A #"Hallelujah, I Love Her So" – 5:27 #"Blue Genius" – 6:38 #"X-Ray Blues" – 7:01 LP side B #"Soul Meeting" ( Milt Jackson) – 6:03 #"Love on My Mind" – 3:45 #"Bags of Blues" (Jackson) – 8:49

Later CD compilation/re-issue

CD disc 1 # " How Long Blues" (

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) – 9:16 # "Cosmic Ray" – 5:23 # "The Genius After Hours" – 5:24 # "Charlesville" – 4:55 # "Bags Of Blues" (Jackson) – 8:50 # "

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" (Walter Hirsch, Fred Rose) – 5:50 # "Blue Funk" – 8:05 CD disc 2 # "Soul Brothers" (

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) – 9:34 # "Bag's Guitar Blues" (Jackson) – 6:27 # "Soul Meeting" (Jackson) – 6:04 # "Hallelujah, I Love Her So" – 5:29 # "Blue Genius" – 6:40 # "X-Ray Blues" – 8:10 # "Love On My Mind" – 3:46

Personnel

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vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or withou ...

piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keybo ...

, alto saxophone * Milt Jackson –

vibraphone The vibraphone is a percussion instrument in the metallophone family. It consists of tuned metal bars and is typically played by using mallets to strike the bars. A person who plays the vibraphone is called a ''vibraphonist,'' ''vibraharpist ...

Billy Mitchell William Lendrum Mitchell (December 29, 1879 – February 19, 1936) was a United States Army officer who is regarded as the father of the United States Air Force. Mitchell served in France during World War I and, by the conflict's end, command ...

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tenor saxophone The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B (while ...

Kenny Burrell Kenneth Earl Burrell (born July 31, 1931) is an American jazz guitarist known for his work on numerous top jazz labels: Prestige, Blue Note, Verve, CTI, Muse, and Concord. His collaborations with Jimmy Smith were notable, and produced the 1965 ...

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guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected strin ...

Oscar Pettiford Oscar Pettiford (September 30, 1922 – September 8, 1960) was an American jazz double bassist, cellist and composer. He was one of the earliest musicians to work in the bebop idiom. Biography Pettiford was born in Okmulgee, Oklahoma, United ...

– bass *

Percy Heath Percy Heath (April 30, 1923 – April 28, 2005) was an American jazz bassist, brother of saxophonist Jimmy Heath and drummer Albert Heath, with whom he formed the Heath Brothers in 1975. Heath played with the Modern Jazz Quartet throughout ...

– bass *

Connie Kay Conrad Henry Kirnon (April 27, 1927 – November 30, 1994) known professionally as Connie Kay, was an American jazz and R&B drummer, who was a member of the Modern Jazz Quartet. Self-taught on drums, he began performing in Los Angeles in the mid ...

– drums * Art Taylor – drums *

Tom Dowd Thomas John Dowd (October 20, 1925 – October 27, 2002) was an American recording engineer and producer for Atlantic Records. He was credited with innovating the multitrack recording method. Dowd worked on a veritable "who's who" of recording ...

– engineer

References

Other sources

* Atlantic Records 1360 * Soul Meetingat allmusic.com
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