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For Thanksgiving, I thought I’d post two songs from impossibly romantic Ray Charles and Betty Carter album. You may want something a little more upbeat while you’re cooking and eating, but this is a great one for dessert or after, when it’s all over, the dishes are done, and you’re enjoying a well-deserved drink with one or a few friends. If you’re going to be with your family, Ray and Betty might be the perfect salve for wine-laced wounds inflicted over dinner. The album, recorded over two sessions in 1961, is worth picking up for the months ahead, particularly if you live somewhere like Chicago that goes from Russian to frightening between December and February. The quiet virtuosity that results when these two legendary performers join together is a perfect excuse to stay inside during the winter months. Happy Thanksgiving to all. FI will be back next week.


Ray and Betty