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Ray Charles - Ô-Genio
Live In Brazil 1963

Ray Charles is for sure one of the true greats in music history. How many other entertainers transcended music's borders as well as Ray Charles? A Jazz master, Pop music Icon, Rhythm and Blues and even Country Music were all mastered by Charles throughout his career. Known for many songs throughout life's musical journey, there are many schools of thought over the best in Ray Charles career, when was he in his peak, The true Prime of his majestic life?

The answer is a personal thing to most, some love the early years, some are more followers of his Country side, and others just seem to think certain years as the best. The thing here is, in 1963, Ray Charles shone like no other of the same time. The flat-out genius of the man perfecting his craft early in his musical journey. Ô-Genio - Ray Charles Live In Brazil 1963 is a captured piece of music history that cannot be denied. Two shows taped for Brazilian television, this was only shown once, and Ray Charles had it tucked away, after all, according to Ray Charles his songs were like his children. Well, one day before turning 33, Ray Charles and his "children" put on one of the best concerts filmed by Ray.

There are times the imperfections of being saved on Videotape are evident, but that doesn't take anything away from the performance. Even the quirky Brazilian commercials are included to retain the true shows (2 shows on the DVD) in their purest form, and they are amusing to watch. As far as the backup for Ray and his piano, some say this is the best line-up with the band and the Raelettes. The joy of this video is simple, Ray Charles pulls out all the stops both vocally and energetic performance. One of the most recognizable voices in Pop music history, Ô-Genio - Ray Charles Live In Brazil 1963 is a piece of Music History you will be glad Rhino brought out of the vaults.

Whether you are a music historian, Ray Charles fan or just simple fan of any musical style you won't be disappointed by the performance. It is completely sub-par as far as today's standards of video and audio reproduction go, but they did extremely well with the tools they had to work with, Ray Charles offers up some of his best songs on Ô-Genio - Ray Charles Live In Brazil 1963. 105 minutes of performances like "What'd I Say", "Hit The Road Jack", and "Moanin'" are all classics. Two of the best moments are gems, Ray's versions of both "My Bonnie" and "You Are My Sunshine" are absolutely stunning. Ô-Genio - Ray Charles Live In Brazil 1963 is one you will be proud to say you have in your Music DVD collection.

  ( 5.5 Stars out of 6 )

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