Review of The Film, Ray Charles

My write up is going to be about Ray Charles the Movie which was created in 2004. Jamie Fox played Ray Charles in the movie. The first part of the movie is when her was waiting for the bus to go to Seattle because he got a job. The Movie was basically about 30 years about is rhythms and blues. He was boring in Florida and got Blind at the age seven year old. He choice six song of the sound track and he was going to put in the movie soundtrack includes such Charles classics as "I've Got A Woman Night time is, the right time, Georgia on my mind, Hit the road Jack, and let the good times row. The reason why he start playing the piano is because his mom told him he should find is own way into the world. In his Music he combined Jazz and Gospel music that how he became so popular because nobody heard nothing like that.

One of the first song he played in front of the white man he played country jazz it was really smooth he was playing a piano the other 2 people played violin, drum and guitar. He Played at the rocky Gin he played a song called Kid Cole, he played by himself in it kind just sounded like smooth playing like hard Bop but no band he also was singing and had a great voice. He played so good they got him a job and gave him a hotel room to stay at. Next he played at the rocking chair, he had a small group band it was four people in the group they had the drums guitar and a violin, it sound like bebop. He had shows sold out at rocking chairs. His next performance was at the same place it was a three people in the band which is a small band it was a bass, guitar and the piano they played jazz and blues. When he first started the girl he was screwing was also his manager, he found out her and his partner in his band was scamming him so he got up and left. So he went into a traveling band for Sweet Time Records with the head man of the band Lowell Fulson.

In this band they had a bass player, guitar player, drummer and piano. He left that band because of the man who was giving out the money didn’t give his money in ones so he left and then signed to Atlanta Records. Somebody from the record label told him he got to come with his own flavor and that’s when they came with a song called mess around and he put out out the album and that was the number one singe on the record. He had a band of seven he had 2 trumpets drummer, bass player and 2 saxophone players so that is kinda big band.

The famous song Georgia was made with a big band a lot of violins playing background singer. Ray touched a lot of people hearts with his music. He ended up getting a lot of Grammy awards for his music. Ray Charles died in 2004.