My Kind of Jazz

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My Kind of Jazz
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Studio album by
ReleasedApril 1970
RecordedJanuary 1–10, 1970
StudioRPM Studios, Los Angeles, California
Genre jazz
Length30:20
Label Tangerine
Producer Quincy Jones
Ray Charles chronology
Doing His Thing
(1969)
My Kind of Jazz
(1970)
Love Country Style
(1970)
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My Kind of Jazz is a 1970 album by Ray Charles.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Golden Boy" (Charles Strouse, Lee Adams) – 3:34
  2. "Booty Butt" (Ray Charles) – 4:11
  3. "This Here" (Bobby Timmons) – 4:43
  4. "I Remember Clifford" (Benny Golson) – 3:39
  5. "Sidewinder" (Lee Morgan) – 3:29
  6. "Bluesette" (Toots Thielemans) – 3:22
  7. "Pas–Se–O–Ne Blues" (John Anderson) – 4:43
  8. "Zig Zag" (Bill Baker) – 4:31
  9. "Angel City" (Teddy Edwards) – 4:24
  10. "Señor Blues" (Horace Silver) – 5:24

Personnel

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