Ray Charles at Newport | ||||
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Live album by Ray Charles | ||||
Released | November 1958 | |||
Recorded | July 5, 1958 | |||
Venue | Newport Jazz Festival, Newport, Rhode Island | |||
Genre | R&B | |||
Length | 40:28 | |||
Label | Atlantic | |||
Producer | Tom Dowd (engineer) | |||
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1987 re-issue/compilation
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Ray Charles at Newport is a 1958 live album of Ray Charles' July 5, 1958 performance at the Newport Jazz Festival. All tracks from this album, along with all tracks from his 1959 Herndon Stadium performance in Atlanta, were also released on the 1987 Atlantic compilation, Ray Charles, Live. This cd reissue includes a previously unissued number from the Newport concert, "Swanee River Rock".