Soul Meeting Explained

Soul Meeting
Type:	album
Artist:	Ray Charles and Milt Jackson
Cover:	SoulMeeting_RayCharlesMiltJackson.jpg
Border:	yes
Released:	1961
Recorded:	April 10, 1958
Genre:	R&B, jazz
Length:	37:43
Label:	Atlantic
Producer:	Tom Dowd
Chronology:	Ray Charles
Prev Title:	Dedicated to You
Prev Year:	1961
Next Title:	Genius + Soul = Jazz
Next Year:	1961

Soul Meeting is a 1961 Atlantic Records album of recordings made by Ray Charles 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 Down Beat magazine.^[1] In a retrospective review for AllMusic, Cub Koda described the music as "bluesy jazz in a laid-back manner".^[2]

Track listing

All songs composed by Ray Charles except as indicated.

Original LP release

LP side A

1. "Hallelujah, I Love Her So" – 5:27
2. "Blue Genius" – 6:38
3. "X-Ray Blues" – 7:01

LP side B

1. "Soul Meeting" (Milt Jackson) – 6:03
2. "Love on My Mind" – 3:45
3. "Bags of Blues" (Jackson) – 8:49

Later CD compilation/re-issue

CD disc 1

1. "How Long Blues" (Leroy Carr) – 9:16
2. "Cosmic Ray" – 5:23
3. "The Genius After Hours" – 5:24
4. "Charlesville" – 4:55
5. "Bags Of Blues" (Jackson) – 8:50
6. "'Deed I Do" (Walter Hirsch, Fred Rose) – 5:50
7. "Blue Funk" – 8:05

CD disc 2

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

Personnel

• Ray Charles – vocals, piano, alto saxophone^[3]
• Milt Jackson – vibraphone
• Billy Mitchell – tenor saxophone
• Kenny Burrell – guitar
• Oscar Pettiford – bass
• Percy Heath – bass
• Connie Kay – drums
• Art Taylor – drums
• Tom Dowd – engineer

Other sources

• Atlantic Records 1360
• [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r3679|pure_url=yes}} Soul Meeting] at allmusic.com
• Soul Meeting at discogs.com

Notes and References

1. Down Beat

   February 14, 1963 Vol. 30, No. 4

2. Web site: Ray Charles / Milt Jackson Soul Brothers/Soul Meeting. Cub Koda. AllMusic.
3. Web site: Vinyl Album: Ray Charles and Milt Jackson - Soul Meeting (1961) .