Genius Loves Company

~ Release by Ray Charles (see all versions of this release, 10 available)

Annotation

Possibly subleased to Hear Music.
Possibly reissued/leased to EMI International for a DVD bonus edition.

Annotation last modified on 2007-04-16 15:42 UTC.

Tracklist

# Title Artist Rating Length
  CD 1
11 Here We Go Again
Ray Charles with Norah Jones 4:00
22 Sweet Potato Pie
Ray Charles with James Taylor 3:48
33 You Don't Know Me
Ray Charles with Diana Krall 3:55
44 Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word
Ray Charles with Elton John 3:59
55 Fever
Ray Charles with Natalie Cole 3:31
66 Do I Ever Cross Your Mind?
Ray Charles with Bonnie Raitt 4:35
77 It Was a Very Good Year
Ray Charles with Willie Nelson 5:00
88 Hey Girl
Ray Charles with Michael McDonald 5:16
99 Sinner's Prayer
Ray Charles with B.B. King 4 4:25
1010 Heaven Help Us All
Ray Charles with Gladys Knight 4:33
1111 Over the Rainbow
Ray Charles with Johnny Mathis 4:55
1212 Crazy Love
Ray Charles with Van Morrison 3:45

Relationships

additional engineer:
Mark Fleming (tracks 1–2, 7, 11)
arranger:
David Blumberg (track 10)
Victor Vanacore (tracks 4, 7–8, 11)
Randy Waldman (track 10)
assistant engineer:
Ken Desantis (tracks 1–3, 5–6, 10–11)
Mike Eleopoulos (track 4)
Andrew Felluss (tracks 3, 5–6)
Steve Genewick (tracks 3, 10)
Keith Gretlein (track 4)
Bill Kaylor (tracks 1–3, 5–6, 10–11)
Jamie Sickora (track 4)
baritone saxophone:
Brandon Fields (tracks 2, 10)
bass:
Tom Fowler (tracks 1–9, 12)
bassoon:
John Mitchell (woodwinds) (tracks 7–8, 11)
Dave Riddles (tracks 7–8, 11)
cello:
John Acosta (tracks 4–5, 7–8, 11)
Stefanie Fife (track 3)
Tervor Handy (track 3)
John Krovoza (track 3)
Armen Ksadjikian (tracks 7–8, 11)
Timothy Landauer (track 3)
Martha Lippi (track 7)
Steve Richards (Cellist) (tracks 4–5, 7–8, 11)
Rudy Stein (tracks 4–5, 7–8)
Kevan Toreh (track 7)
Yao Zhao (tracks 4–5, 7–8, 11)
clarinet:
Charles Boito (tracks 7–8, 11)
Don Markese (tracks 7–8, 11)
composer:
Harold Arlen (track 11)
Eddie Cooley (track 5)
John Davenport (songwriter Otis Blackwell) (track 5)
Ervin Drake (track 7)
Elton John (track 4)
Carole King (track 8)
Ron Miller (Motown songwriter Ronald Norman Miller) (track 10)
Van Morrison (track 12)
Don Lanier (1967) (track 1)
Red Steagall (1967) (track 1)
double bass / contrabass / acoustic upright bass:
Tim Christensen (track 7)
Trey Henry (tracks 7–8, 11)
Richard Shaw (track 7)
Dave Stone (bassist) (tracks 7–8, 11)
Karl Vincent (tracks 7–8, 11)
Kenneth Wild (tracks 7–8, 11)
drums:
Ray Brinker (tracks 1–2, 5–8, 11)
Raymond Brinker (track 3)
John "JR" Robinson (session drummer) (track 4)
english horn:
Joseph Stone (tracks 7–8, 11)
flute:
Greg Huckins (tracks 7–8, 11)
Steve Kujala (tracks 7–8, 11)
french horn:
Joe Meyer (French horn player) (track 7)
Patricia Skye (track 7)
Kurt Snyder (tracks 7–8, 11)
Richard Todd (track 7)
guest vocals:
Norah Jones (track 1)
guitar:
George Doering (tracks 3, 5)
Irv Kramer (tracks 1–3, 5, 7–9)
Michael Landau (track 2)
George Marinelli (track 6)
Willie Nelson (track 7)
Michael Thompson (guitar/bass/mandolin player, related to Austin Peay State University) (track 4)
Hammond organ:
Billy Preston (tracks 1, 9–10)
harp:
Ellie Choate (tracks 7–8, 11)
keyboard:
Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter) (tracks 1, 3, 6)
Randy Waldman (tracks 2, 5)
keyboard and piano:
Randy Waldman (track 3)
keyboard arranger:
Randy Waldman (tracks 2–3, 5)
lyricist:
Eddie Cooley (track 5)
John Davenport (songwriter Otis Blackwell) (track 5)
Ervin Drake (track 7)
Gerry Goffin (track 8)
Yip Harburg (track 11)
Van Morrison (track 12)
Bernie Taupin (track 4)
Red Steagall (1967) (track 1)
Don Lanier (1967) (track 1)
oboe:
Leanne Becknell (tracks 7–8, 11)
percussion:
Mark Converse (tracks 7–8, 11)
Wallace Snow (tracks 7–8, 11)
performer:
Natalie Cole (track 5)
Elton John (track 4)
Norah Jones (track 1)
B.B. King (track 9)
Gladys Knight (track 10)
Diana Krall (track 3)
Johnny Mathis (track 11)
Michael McDonald (R&B & Soul Singer) (track 8)
Van Morrison (track 12)
Willie Nelson (track 7)
Bonnie Raitt (track 6)
James Taylor (singer-songwriter and guitarist) (track 2)
piano:
Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter) (track 9)
Alan Pasqua (track 4)
Randy Waldman (tracks 6–8, 11)
piano arranger:
Randy Waldman (track 6)
saxophone:
David Boruff (tracks 2, 10)
Bob Sheppard (track 2)
slide guitar:
Bonnie Raitt (track 6)
strings arranger:
David Blumberg (track 3)
timpani:
Scott Higgins (tracks 7–8, 11)
trombone:
Bruce Fowler (Trombonist, played with Zappa) (track 2)
Bob McChesney (tracks 2, 10)
trumpet:
Charles Davis (trumpet player) (track 2)
Walt Fowler (track 2)
viola:
John Acevedo (tracks 7–8, 11)
Miguel Atwood-Ferguson (track 3)
Briana Bandy (Viola player) (tracks 7–8, 11)
Robert Berg (Violist) (tracks 7–8, 11)
Samuel Formicola (Musician - Viola Player) (tracks 4–5, 7–8, 11)
Suzanna Giordono (track 3)
Shawn Mann (track 3)
Maria Newman (tracks 4–5, 7)
Ed Persi (tracks 4–5, 7–8, 11)
Andrew Picken (track 3)
Shanti Randall (track 7)
Carolyn Riley (tracks 4–5, 7)
Raymond Tischer (tracks 3, 7–8, 11)
David Walther (track 3)
violin:
Sai Ly Acosta (tracks 4–5)
Brian Benning (track 3)
Daphne Chen (track 3)
Ron Clark (track 3)
Reginald Clews (tracks 4–5, 7–8, 11)
Franklyn D'Antonio (track 7)
Joel Derouin (track 7)
Alan Ellsworth (tracks 4–5, 7–8, 11)
Alicia Engley (tracks 4–5)
Charles Everett (tracks 7–8, 11)
Kirsten Fife (track 3)
Ronald Folsom (track 3)
Armen Garabedian (track 7)
Berg Garabedian (track 7)
Berj Garabedian (track 3)
Nick Grant (violin) (tracks 4–5)
Xiao Niu He (tracks 4–5, 7–8, 11)
Gerardo Hilera (tracks 4–5, 7–8, 11)
Leslie Brown Katz (track 7)
Yaroslav Kettner (tracks 7–8, 11)
David Kilbride (tracks 7–8, 11)
Raymond Kobler (track 3)
Johana Krejci (track 3)
Tricia Lee (track 7)
Songa Lee-Kitto (track 3)
Paul Manaster (tracks 4–5, 7–8, 11)
Michael Markman (track 7)
Robert Matsuda (tracks 7–8, 11)
Dennis Molchan (tracks 4–5, 7–8, 11)
Horia Moroaica (track 7)
Jennifer Munday (Violinist) (track 3)
Igor Pandurski (tracks 4–5, 7)
Todor Pelev (tracks 4–5, 7–8, 11)
Vladimir Polimatidi (Violinist) (tracks 7–8, 11)
Michelle Richards (tracks 7–8, 11)
Kathleen Robertson (tracks 4–5, 7–8, 11)
Julie Rogers (violinist) (track 3)
Anatoly Rosinsky (tracks 7–8, 11)
Nancy Roth (track 7)
Edmund Stein (tracks 4–5, 7–8, 11)
David Stenske (track 3)
Irina Voloshina (track 3)
Jennifer Walton (track 3)
Zheng Wang (tracks 4–5, 7–8, 11)
Dynell Weber (track 3)
Amy Wickman (tracks 4–5)
North Wood (track 3)
Margaret Wooten (track 3)
Alwyn Wright (track 7)
Ken Yerke (tracks 7–8, 11)
writer:
Eddy Arnold (track 3)
Lowell Fulson (track 9)
Lloyd Glenn (track 9)
Ron Miller (Motown songwriter Ronald Norman Miller) (track 10)
Cindy Walker (track 3)
cover recording of:
Crazy Love (track 12)
Fever (track 5)
Heaven Help Us All (track 10)
Here We Go Again (Country music standard, popularized by Ray Charles) (track 1)
Hey Girl (Carole King song) (track 8)
It Was a Very Good Year (track 7)
Over the Rainbow (The Wizard of Oz) (track 11)
Sinner's Prayer (track 9)
You Don't Know Me (track 3)
recording of:
Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word (track 4)