Soul Brothers

Soul Brothers is the third album recorded by Ray Charles and the eleventh album by Milt Jackson and released by Atlantic Records in 1958. The album was later re-issued in a two-CD compilation together with the other Charles–Jackson album Soul Meeting and included additional tracks from the same recording sessions not present on the original LP releases.

Track listing

All songs composed by Ray Charles except where noted.

Original LP release

Side A

"Soul Brothers" (Quincy Jones) – 9:34

"How Long, How Long Blues" (Leroy Carr) – 9:15

Side B

"Cosmic Ray" – 5:21

"Blue Funk" – 8:09

"Bag's Guitar Blues" (Milt Jackson) – 6:23 [mono LP release]

"'Deed I Do" (Walter Hirsch, Fred Rose) – 5:50 [stereo LP release]

CD re-issue/compilation

Disc one

"How Long, How Long Blues" Leroy Carr – 9:16

"Cosmic Ray" – 5:23

"The Genius After Hours" – 5:24

"Charlesville" – 4:55

"Bags of Blues" (Jackson) – 8:50

"'Deed I Do" (Hirsch, Rose) – 5:50

"Blue Funk" – 8:05

Disc two

"Soul Brothers" (Jones) – 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" – 3:45

Personnel

Ray Charles – piano, alto saxophone

Milt Jackson – vibraphone, piano, guitar

Billy Mitchell – tenor saxophone

Skeeter Best – guitar

Oscar Pettiford – bass

Connie Kay – drums

Production

Tom Dowd – recording engineer

Marvin Israel – cover design

Lee Friedlander – photography

References

External links

Soul Brothers at discogs.com

[ Soul Brothers] at AllMusic.com

1958 albums

Ray Charles albums

Milt Jackson albums

Albums produced by Nesuhi Ertegun

Atlantic Records albums

Collaborative albums