Genius + Soul = Jazz is a 1961 album by American musician Ray Charles, featuring big band arrangements by Quincy Jones and Ralph Burns.

Charles is accompanied by two groups drawn from members of The Count Basie Band and from the ranks of top New York session players.

It was recorded at Van Gelder Studio in two sessions on December 26 and 27, 1960[2] and originally released on the Impulse!

[3][6] In the Encyclopedia of Albums, edited by Paul Du Noyer, the album is described as "The eclectic Charles's only big-band jazzy get-together of the early Sixties"; the track "One Mint Julep" is highlighted as "[seeing] the versatile singer cool and confident enough to let the musicians do the talking, while he played the organ throughout.

"[9] In 2000, Genius + Soul = Jazz was voted number 360 in Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums 3rd Edition.