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Jimmy Smith: Soulsmith

Dave Marsh, Harp, May 2005

THE RECORD industry thought it covered its tracks by finally making a huge deal out of Ray Charles, at the first Grammy ceremony after his death. That it was acknowledging one of the least listenable albums Ray ever made counted for less than the shower of star power that the ceremony got to display.

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