| The Great Ray Charles | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Ray Charles |
| Cover: | TheGreatRayCharles(1957).jpg |
| Border: | yes |
| Released: | August 1957 |
| Recorded: | April 30 – November 20, 26, 1956 in New York City |
| Genre: | Jazz |
| Length: | 37:37 |
| Label: | Atlantic |
| Producer: | Ahmet Ertegun, Jerry Wexler |
| Prev Title: | Ray Charles |
| Prev Year: | 1957 |
| Next Title: | Soul Brothers |
| Next Year: | 1958 |
The Great Ray Charles is the second studio album by American musician Ray Charles, released in 1957 by Atlantic Records. An instrumental jazz album,[1] it features cover art designed by Marvin Israel. Later CD re-issues of The Great Ray Charles often include six out of the eight songs from the 1961 album The Genius After Hours, as bonus tracks.
The Great Ray Charles was released by Atlantic Records in August 1957.[2] Due to frequent airplay of two tracks off the album, "Doodlin" and "Sweet Sixteen Bars", Atlantic released those two tracks as an EP later that same year.[3]
Note: Some sources list "Ain't Misbehavin" in place of "Black Coffee".