David Newman - Ray Charles Presents David Newman FATHEAD LP (180g)

180g Vinyl LP Reissue Remastered Using Pure Analogue Components Only from the Master Tapes Through to the Cutting Head It is easy to believe that both jazz and rhythm 'n' blues fans waited longingly for this Atlantic LP. For Ray Charles, later called the ‘King of Soul', the Ertegun brothers, highly acclaimed producers in the early days of LPs in these particular genres, were the catalysts for his creativity. In Charles's band at the time of his first live recording, in Newport in 1958, the head of the red-hot wind group was a certain David "Fathead" Newman. The eight numbers on the LP with its early, green stereo label all came from the repertoire of the Ray Charles Band, whereby they are enhanced here through long improvisations without vocals and gain in piquancy and a real jazz feeling.Luckily there was no commercial pressure on Charles so that he could concentrate completely on his piano playing and perform outstanding solos. But the blues were not neglected either: Fathead plays i