ALWAYS WITH A PURPOSE
Always with a purpose is Ray Blue's first album release. This is his message, there is always a purpose for everything in life.
Liner Notes
Whatever we do, whatever approach, there needs to be a purpose, a reason for doing something. The purpose of my first album is to release and share the music that has been inside of me for a long time. It reflects experiences, a series of stories, different chapters of my life, ups and downs, lessons I've learned, messages I've received...
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When you hear the music, there are a blend of emotions: a feeling of sadness in "Two Kings", warmth and passion in the love song "Desiree", something wild about the unpredictable, sporadic par of human nature in "Stuff and Such", and there is relief and confidence after a long struggle - things work out, you get through times, that's the message of "Okay Now". There is a statement in every piece - whether you play it, compose it or just listen to it.
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Ray Blue
Credits
MUSIC
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1. AMAZING GRACE (00:38)
by John Newton
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2. ALWAYS WITH A PURPOSE (6:33)
by Ray Blue
3. OKAY NOW (5:48)
by Ray Blue
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4. TWO KINGS (4:35)
by Ray Blue and Speed DuPree
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5. DESIRÉE (5:41)
by Ray Blue
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6. STUFF'N SUCH (7:02)
by Ray Blue
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7. IN A SENTIMENTAL MOOD (7:09)
by Duke Ellington
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8. LITTLE SUNFLOWER (5:46)
by Freddie Hubbard
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9. PRECIOUS LORD (00:59)
by Thomas Dorsey
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MUSICIANS
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Ray Blue – Saxophone
Kenny Martin - Drums
Rolf Zielke - Piano
Martin Lillich - Bass
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Album info
Catalog LC11911
Label: Ray Blue Records
RB101
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Produced and arranged by Ray Blue
Recorded and mixed at On Air Recording Studio, Berlin
Engineer: Ahmed Chouraqui
Assistant Engineer: José Nicholá Heinrich
Mastered at Mischwerk, Munich, Germany
Mastering Engineer: Enrico Coromines
Cover Design: Sara Coromines
Photography: Marco Saß
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©2001 RAY BLUE RECORDS
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Special acknowledgements to the Creator with gratitude.
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Remembering Jacqueline Blue and Zella Rae.
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Thank you:
Kenny Martin, Martin Lillich, Rolf Zielke, Ahmed Chouraqui, Margrit Jacobsen, Marco Saß, Hans Weiss, Enrico and Sara Coromines, Susanne and Eva Fink, Tony Hurdle, Rudy Stevenson, Martina Neis, Jacqueline Trachsel, Kathy Gregor, Harriet Lewis, Martin Stark, Pops Wilson, Sabine Lang, Nils Burde and Wolfgang Preven.
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