Ray Charles and his Orchestra

E520614
musical ensemble

Ray Charles and his Orchestra was the ensemble led by legendary American musician Ray Charles, known for its influential blend of rhythm and blues, jazz, and soul in mid-20th-century popular music.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Ray Charles and his Orchestra canonical 2
Ray Charles Orchestra 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf musical ensemble ⓘ
activePeriod mid-20th century ⓘ
associatedAct Ray Charles NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedTimePeriod 1950s ⓘ
1960s ⓘ
collaboratedWith The Raelettes NERFINISHED ⓘ
coreMember Ray Charles (piano and vocals) NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
culturalSignificance helped bridge gospel, jazz, and R&B into mainstream pop ⓘ
era postwar American popular music ⓘ
genre gospel-influenced popular music ⓘ
jazz ⓘ
rhythm and blues ⓘ
soul music ⓘ
influencedGenre modern rhythm and blues ⓘ
popular music arranging for horns ⓘ
soul music ⓘ
instrumentation bass ⓘ
drums ⓘ
guitar ⓘ
horn section ⓘ
piano ⓘ
rhythm section ⓘ
saxophones ⓘ
trombones ⓘ
trumpets ⓘ
languageOfPerformance English ⓘ
leader Ray Charles NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor contributions to the development of soul music ⓘ
influential blend of rhythm and blues, jazz, and soul ⓘ
partOf Ray Charles live shows ⓘ
Ray Charles studio sessions ⓘ
performanceType live performance ensemble ⓘ
studio recording ensemble ⓘ
primaryRole recording band for Ray Charles ⓘ
touring band for Ray Charles ⓘ
repertoire R&B standards ⓘ
Ray Charles original compositions ⓘ
jazz-influenced arrangements ⓘ
styleCharacteristic call-and-response patterns with vocals ⓘ
integration of jazz improvisation into R&B structures ⓘ
strong rhythmic drive ⓘ
tight horn arrangements ⓘ
typicalVenue concert halls ⓘ
nightclubs ⓘ
theaters ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Just for a Thrill → notableRecordingBy → Ray Charles and his Orchestra ⓘ
Hit the Road Jack → recordedBy → Ray Charles and his Orchestra ⓘ
The Genius of Ray Charles → featuresEnsemble → Ray Charles and his Orchestra ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ray Charles Orchestra