Cosmic Ray

Ray Charles & Milt Jackson · 1958

Context

Track 3 of Soul Brothers, an album by Ray Charles and Milt Jackson released in June 1958 on Atlantic, produced by Nesuhi Ertegun. It is credited to Ray Charles and lasts 5:21 on the original LP. Tracks 3 to 7 were recorded in New York on 10 April 1958.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Hard bop, Soul jazz, boogaloo. Among the origins and influences of Hard bop: Blues, spirituals, work songs, Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's).

By the same artist

• Bags & Trane (1959)
• Three Little Words (1959)
• The Night We Called It a Day (1959)
• The Late Late Blues (1959)
• The Shadow of Your Smile (Milt Jackson) (1967)
• For Someone I Love (What's Your Story) (1972)

Sources

• EN: Soul Brothers

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