| Ray Charles: In Person | |
| Type: | live |
| Artist: | Ray Charles |
| Cover: | InPerson_RayCharles.jpg |
| Released: | July 1960 |
| Recorded: | May 28, 1959 |
| Venue: | Herndon Stadium, Morris Brown College, Atlanta, Georgia |
| Genre: | R&B |
| Length: | 29:19 |
| Label: | Atlantic |
| Producer: | Zenas "Daddy" Sears |
| Prev Title: | The Genius of Ray Charles |
| Prev Year: | 1959 |
| Next Title: | The Genius Hits the Road |
| Next Year: | 1960 |
In Person is a live album recorded by Ray Charles on May 28, 1959 on a rainy night in Atlanta, Georgia at Morris Brown College's Herndon Stadium. All tracks from this album together with those from Ray Charles at Newport were also released on the 1987 Atlantic compilation CD, Ray Charles Live.
The album was recorded by the concert sponsor, radio station WAOK. The station's lead disk jockey, Zenas "Daddy" Sears, recorded the album for the audience using a single microphone. The album is noted for its technical excellence in balancing band, singer, and audience, and also for its documentation of the jazzy R&B Ray Charles sound prior to his great crossover success. The album was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999.
The track "Yes, Indeed" was recorded live at the Newport Jazz Festival on July 5, 1958, with Lee Harper replacing John Hunt on trumpet and Richie Goldberg replacing Teagle Fleming on drums.[2]