Aretha Franklin - Aretha With The Ray Bryant Combo (1961/2011) [HDTracks]

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Artist: Aretha Franklin
Title: Aretha With The Ray Bryant Combo
Year Of Release: 2011 (1961)
Label: Columbia/Legacy
Genre: R&B, Soul, Soul Jazz, Vocal Jazz
Quality: FLAC (tracks) [24Bit/96kHz]
Total Time: 01:03:35
Total Size: 1,13 GB
WebSite: Album Preview

Recorded: August 1, 1960 - January 10, 1961 at Columbia Recording Studios, New York City, NY.

Aretha: With The Ray Bryant Combo is the second studio album by American singer Aretha Franklin, Released on February 27, 1961 by Columbia Records. The album is Aretha's first release for Columbia, and is also known under its working title Right Now It's Aretha and sometimes simply as Aretha. Following in the footsteps of close friend Sam Cooke, Aretha was "discovered" by famed Columbia Records producer John H. Hammond, who on the cover notes of the 1973 edition of "The Great Aretha Franklin: The First 12 Sides" mentions, that she was in fact recommended by the composer Curtis Reginald Lewis. With the support of her father, Reverend C.L. Franklin, Aretha venured out to New York City's Columbia Record Studios to record her debut album for the label. Hammond paired Aretha Franklin with the Ray Bryant combo and arranger J. Leslie McFarland, while taking charge of the album's production, which was received to mixed reviews.

Tracklist:

01 Won't Be Long 03:12
02 Over the Rainbow 02:41
03 Love Is the Only Thing 02:43
04 Sweet Lover 03:25
05 All Night Long 03:00
06 Who Needs You? 02:49
07 Right Now 02:26
08 Are You Sure 02:44
09 Maybe I'm a Fool 03:20
10 It Ain't Necessarily So 02:56
11 By Myself 02:41
12 Today I Sing the Blues 02:46
Bonus tracks:
13 Are You Sure (Rehearsal) 02:15
14 Who Needs You? (Take 9) 03:05
15 Right Now (Take 1) 02:40
16 Maybe I'm a Fool (Take 4) 03:58
17 By Myself (Mono Mix) 02:41
18 Won't Be Long (Mono Mix) 02:58
19 All Night Long (Mono Mix) 03:08
20 Love Is the Only Thing (Mono Mix) 02:45
21 Right Now (Mono Mix) 02:23
22 Today I Sing the Blues (Mono Mix) 02:47

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Aretha Franklin, vocals, piano
Ray Bryant, John McFarland, Mo Wechsler, piano
Clifton "Skeeter" Best, Chauncey "Lord" Westbrook, Bucky Pizzarelli, Don Armone, guitar
Tyree Glenn, Jimmy Cleveland, Quentin Jackson, trombone
Bill Lee, Milt Hinton, bass
Osie Johnson, Belton "Sticks" Evans, Teddy Somer, drums
Al Sears, Lucky Warren, tenor sax
Stanley Webb, sax
Bernie Privin, trumpet
Unidentified orchestra and chorus

Aretha Franklin - Aretha With The Ray Bryant Combo (1961/2011) [HDTracks]

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