Acclaimed Music - Genius + Soul = Jazz

Ray Charles
Genius + Soul = Jazz

Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc.

Tom Moon (USA) - 1000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die (2008)

Catalog entry

John Fordham (UK) - Jazz: Gallery of Classics (1994)

No Order

Ratings

All Music Guide (USA) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars

3.5 Stars

MusicHound (USA) - Album Ratings 0-5 Bones (1998-99)

4.5 Bones

Rolling Stone Album Guide, Ratings 1-5 Stars (USA, 1992)

4.5 Stars

Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music (UK) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars (2002)

5 Stars

Le Guide du CD (France) - Ratings from 1 to 4 Stars & "GOLD" (1995-1997)

4 Stars

José Ramón Pardo (Spain) - The 1000 Best Pop-Rock Albums, Ratings 1-5 (1997)

4.5 Stars

End of Year Lists

Grammy Awards (USA) - Album of the Year

Nominee

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Bill Evans	Everybody Digs Bill Evans	1959		Listen
José Feliciano	Feliciano!	1968
Ella Fitzgerald	Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Songbook	1958		Listen
Henry Mancini	The Music from Peter Gunn	1958		Listen
Don McLean	American Pie	1971		Listen
Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt & Emmylou Harris	Trio	1987		Listen
Lionel Richie	Can't Slow Down	1983		Listen
Frank Sinatra	Come Fly with Me	1958		Listen
Frank Sinatra	Nice 'N' Easy	1960		Listen
Sting	...Nothing Like the Sun	1987		Listen