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.

Soul Brothers
Studio album by
Ray Charles, Milt Jackson
ReleasedJune 1958
RecordedSeptember 12, 1957 (tracks 1–2), and April 10, 1958 (tracks 3–7), in New York City
GenreR&B, jazz
Length38:42
LabelAtlantic, Studio One
ProducerNesuhi Ertegun
Ray Charles chronology
The Great Ray Charles
(1957)		 Soul Brothers
(1958)		 Yes Indeed!
(1958)
alternate release cover
compilation CD / re-issue
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
DownBeat
(Original Lp release)		[2]

Track listing

All songs composed by Ray Charles except where noted.

Original LP release

Side A

  1. "Soul Brothers" (Quincy Jones) – 9:34
  2. "How Long, How Long Blues" (Leroy Carr) – 9:15

Side B

  1. "Cosmic Ray" – 5:21
  2. "Blue Funk" – 8:09
  3. "Bag's Guitar Blues" (Milt Jackson) – 6:23 [mono LP release][3]
  4. "'Deed I Do" (Walter Hirsch, Fred Rose) – 5:50 [stereo LP release]

CD re-issue/compilation

Disc one

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

Disc two

  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" – 3:45

Personnel

Production

References
  1. AllMusic review.
  2. Down Beat: September 18, 1958, Vol. 25, No. 19.
  3. Soul Brothers / Soul Meeting compilation re-issue cover notes.
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