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The previously-reported reissue of Ray Charles’ Genius + Soul = Jazz has finally been given a track list by its distributor, Concord Records. Not much in the way of previously unreleased content (one vault cut), but this two-disc set will pull four Ray LPs back into print.

The package, due April 6, will feature Genius + Soul = Jazz as well as My Kind of Jazz (1970), Jazz Number II (1973) and My Kind of Jazz Part III (1975). (My Kind of Jazz was paired up with Genius + Soul = Jazz for a Rhino reissue in 1997.) It will also feature new liner notes by Wall Street Journal jazz critic Will Friedwald as well as the original liner notes for each record.

The full track list can be found below the jump.

Ray Charles – Genius + Soul = Jazz: Expanded Edition (Concord CRE-31669-02, 2010)

Disc 1

1. From the Heart
2. I’ve Got News for You
3. Moanin’
4. Let’s Go
5. One Mint Julep
6. I’m Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town
7. Stompin’ Room Only
8. Mister C
9. Strike Up the Band
10. Birth of the Blues
11. Golden Boy
12. Booty Butt
13. This Here
14. I Remember Clifford
15. Sidewinder
16. Bluesette
17. Pas-Se-O-Ne Blues
18. Zig Zag
19. Angel City
20. Señor Blues

Disc 2

1. Our Suite
2. A Pair of Threes
3. Morning of Carnival
4. Going Home
5. Kids Are Pretty People
6. Togetherness
7. Brazilian Skies
8. I’m Gonna Go Fishin’
9. For Her
10. Sister Sadie
11. ¾ of the Time
12. Ray Minor Ray
13. Samba De Elencia
14. Metamorphosis
15. Nothing Wrong
16. Project “S”
17. Misty

Disc 1 Tracks 1-10 released as Genius + Soul = Jazz, Impulse AS-2 (1961)
Disc 1 Tracks 11-20 released as My Kind of Jazz, Tangerine TCRS 1512 (1970)
Disc 2 Tracks 1-7 released as Jazz Number II, Tangerine TCRS 1516 (1973)
Disc 2 Tracks 8-16 released as My Kind of Jazz Number III, Crossover 9007 (1975)
Disc 2 Track 17 previously unreleased