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Title: Synthetic coupling
Review: A disappointment. While they were kindred spirits Count Basie and Ray Charles never actually recorded together. This imported recording combines the two on some of Ray's lesser known tunes. In fact the recorded tunes are not even the same ones listed on the liner notes. ???There's a better though also disappointing record that applies the current Count Basie ghost band plus organist Joey DiFrancesco to some of Ray's hits. Better but still not the real thing. After all Ray Charles led his own big band.
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