Soul Meeting

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.

This article is about the 1961 album by Ray Charles and Milt Jackson. For the 1960 album by King Curtis, see Soul Meeting (King Curtis album).
Soul Meeting
Studio album by
Ray Charles, Milt Jackson
Released1961
RecordedApril 10, 1958
GenreR&B, jazz
Length37:43
LabelAtlantic
ProducerTom Dowd
Ray Charles chronology
Dedicated to You
(1961)		 Soul Meeting
(1961)		 Genius + Soul = Jazz
(1961)
Alternative cover
compilation CD re-issue

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" (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" (Hirsch, Rose) – 5:50
  7. "Blue Funk" – 8:05

CD disc 2

  1. "Soul Brothers" (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

References
  1. Down Beat: February 14, 1963 Vol. 30, No. 4
  2. Cub Koda. "Ray Charles / Milt Jackson Soul Brothers/Soul Meeting". AllMusic.

Other sources
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