The Ray Charles Project, Jeremy Sassoon

Join in at The Jazz Cafe this September to celebrate what would have been the 85th birthday of ‘The Genius’ Ray Charles.

Ray Charles virtually invented soul music by bringing together the fervour of gospel, the secular lyrics and narratives of blues and country, the big-band arrangements of jazz, and the rhythms and improvisational possibilities from all of them. His music was both sophisticated and spontaneous, and over the course of his 50-year career, Charles penned dozens of classic RnB and rock numbers.

Jeremy Sassoon’s Ray Charles Project re-envisions ‘The Genius’ with a set that include Ray Charles classics (Georgia On My Mind, What I’d Say, I Gotta Woman, Hallelujah I Love Her So) and some lesser known, but equally compelling musical gems from the catalogue (The Jealous Kind, I Don’t Need No Doctor, Hardhearted Hannah).