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Tribute To... Ray Charles at Reduta Jazz Club

Courtesy of Reduta Jazz Club | Posted on July 31, 2015

Where

Reduta Jazz Club
Národní 20
Prague
Map
+420 737 773 343

When

Sat, March 5, 2016
21:30

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About

Ray Charles Robinson (September 23, 1930 – June 10, 2004) was an American singer-songwriter, musician and composer known as Ray Charles. He was a pioneer in the genre of soul music during the 1950s by fusing rhythm and blues, gospel, and blues styles into his early recordings with Atlantic Records. He also helped racially integrate country and pop music during the 1960s with his crossover success on ABC Records, most notably with his Modern Sounds albums. While with ABC, Charles became one of the first African-American musicians to be given artistic control by a mainstream record company. Frank Sinatra called Charles "the only true genius in show business", although Charles downplayed this notion...

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