Soul Meeting

Soul Meeting is a 1961 Atlantic Records album of recordings made by Ray Charles and Milt Jackson in 1957. The album was later re-issued together with the earlier Soul Brothers (1958), on a 2 CD compilation together with other 'bonus' tracks from the same Charles and Jackson recording sessions.

Reception
On release the album was given a rating of 3.5 out of 5 in the February 1963 issue of Down Beat magazine. In a retrospective review for AllMusic, Cub Koda described the music as "bluesy jazz in a laid-back manner".

Track listing
All songs composed by Ray Charles except as indicated.

Original LP release
LP side A
 * 1) "Hallelujah, I Love Her So" – 5:27
 * 2) "Blue Genius" – 6:38
 * 3) "X-Ray Blues" – 7:01

LP side B
 * 1) "Soul Meeting" (Milt Jackson) – 6:03
 * 2) "Love on My Mind" – 3:45
 * 3) "Bags of Blues" (Jackson) – 8:49

Later CD compilation/re-issue
CD disc 1
 * 1) "How Long Blues" (Leroy Carr) – 9:16
 * 2) "Cosmic Ray" – 5:23
 * 3) "The Genius After Hours" – 5:24
 * 4) "Charlesville" – 4:55
 * 5) "Bags Of Blues" (Jackson) – 8:50
 * 6) "'Deed I Do" (Walter Hirsch, Fred Rose) – 5:50
 * 7) "Blue Funk" – 8:05

CD disc 2
 * 1) "Soul Brothers" (Quincy Jones) – 9:34
 * 2) "Bag's Guitar Blues" (Jackson) – 6:27
 * 3) "Soul Meeting" (Jackson) – 6:04
 * 4) "Hallelujah, I Love Her So" – 5:29
 * 5) "Blue Genius" – 6:40
 * 6) "X-Ray Blues" – 8:10
 * 7) "Love On My Mind" – 3:46

Personnel

 * Ray Charles – vocals, piano, alto saxophone
 * Milt Jackson – vibraphone
 * Billy Mitchell – tenor saxophone
 * Kenny Burrell – guitar
 * Oscar Pettiford – bass
 * Percy Heath – bass
 * Connie Kay – drums
 * Art Taylor – drums
 * Tom Dowd – engineer

Other sources

 * Atlantic Records 1360
 * [ Soul Meeting] at allmusic.com
 * Soul Meeting at discogs.com