The Christmas music of Ray Charles will be brought to life by the Spokane Jazz Orchestra on Saturday, with special musical guest LaShund Lambert. Spokane Jazz Orchestra director Donald Goodwin ...

Ray Charles, by this point, had left Atlantic for ABC-Paramount and was well on his way to becoming one of the 20th century's most important crossover artists—dabbling in everything from country to ...

BEVERLY HILLS, California (AP) -- Ray Charles, the Grammy-winning crooner who blended gospel and blues in such crowd-pleasers as What'd I Say" and ballads like Georgia on My Mind," died Thursday, a ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Ray Charles, affectionately known as Brother Ray, is one of the most influential musicians of all time. His ability to seamlessly blend blues, jazz, gospel, country, and R&B into an ...

SPOKANE, Wash. -- If you're already planning for some winter holiday fun, think about adding the Spokane Jazz Orchestra to your calendar! On December 14, SJO will host its annual Christmas Concert, ...

Ray Charles, one of the greatest and most famous jazz and blues singers died earlier today in his home in Beverly Hills, California, surrounded by friends and family. A spokesman said that Charles ...

Ray Charles, the piano man with the bluesy voice who reshaped American music for a half-century, brought the essence of soul to country, jazz, rock, standards and every other style of music he touched ...

Live Concert: Northsea Jazz Festival, Prins Willem Alexanderzaal, Congresgebouw, The Hague – July 13, 1980. Period: The Tangerine/Crossover/Atlantic Years (1973 – 1980). Artist: Ray Charles (with The ...

Tickets: Wheeler Opera House and Harris Concert Hall box offices; aspenmusicfestival.com; jazzaspensnowmass.org Take 6 began as just another of the countless college a capella groups in America. But ...

ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS — Echoes of an era when Thelonious Monk, Ray Charles, Dizzy Gillespie and other jazz legends left their imprint on modern jazz still reverberate throughout Rudy Van Gelder’s studio.