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This collection represents the "very best-of Ramsey Lewis" on GRP only. The "very best-of Ramsey Lewis period" would require several discs and would indeed include entire albums -- so prolific has the man been throughout most of his career. The material included here was recorded between 1992 and 1998 for Dave Grusin's label and includes Lewis' smoothest sides. Literally. This isn't so much the funky Ramsey Lewis, or the fieriest Ramsey Lewis, but the Ramsey Lewis who pursued the groove in smooth jazz as the genre was being solidly defined. Unlike many other performers in this category, Lewis is a jazz musician first and foremost, and it shows in every note he plays. The best material from this 11-track collection includes "Baile del Alma (Dance of the Soul)," from the album of the same name issued in 1998, his revamped "Sun Goddess 2000" -- aping his biggest hit recorded for Columbia in 1974 -- from Between the Keys in 1996, "Les Fleurs" from the same set -- these track feature a huge band -- and "Who Are You," from 1993's Sky Islands. While the GRP period may not have been Lewis' most creative or memorable, these tracks narrow it down and prove that a soul-jazz musician from the '60s could make the transition to the more radio-friendly format in the '90s, and still keep his funk.
© Thom Jurek /TiVo
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John Lennon, ComposerLyricist - Paul Mccartney, ComposerLyricist - Ramsey Lewis, Producer, MainArtist - Frayne T. Lewis, Producer - Carl Griffin, Producer
℗ 1993 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Charles Stepney, ComposerLyricist - Ramsey Lewis, MainArtist - Frayne T. Lewis, Producer
℗ 1996 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Larry Dunn, ComposerLyricist - Ramsey Lewis, Producer, MainArtist - Frayne T. Lewis, Producer - Carl Griffin, Producer
℗ 1993 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ramsey Lewis, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Frayne T. Lewis, Composer, Producer - Carl Griffin, Producer
℗ 1992 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ramsey Lewis, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Frayne T. Lewis, Producer - Carl Griffin, Producer
℗ 1992 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bill Cantos, ComposerLyricist - Maurice White, Producer - Ramsey Lewis, Producer, MainArtist - Frayne T. Lewis, Producer - Carl Griffin, Producer
℗ 1993 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ramsey Lewis, MainArtist - Ryan Cohan, ComposerLyricist - Frayne T. Lewis, Producer
℗ 1998 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Dave Grusin, ComposerLyricist - Ramsey Lewis, Producer, MainArtist - Frayne T. Lewis, Producer - Carl Griffin, Producer
℗ 1992 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Kevin Randolph, ComposerLyricist - Ramsey Lewis, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Frayne T. Lewis, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1998 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ramsey Lewis, MainArtist - Ryan Cohan, ComposerLyricist - Frayne T. Lewis, Producer
℗ 1998 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Maurice White, ComposerLyricist - Ramsey Lewis, MainArtist - John Lind, ComposerLyricist - Frayne T. Lewis, Producer
℗ 1996 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Albumbeschreibung
This collection represents the "very best-of Ramsey Lewis" on GRP only. The "very best-of Ramsey Lewis period" would require several discs and would indeed include entire albums -- so prolific has the man been throughout most of his career. The material included here was recorded between 1992 and 1998 for Dave Grusin's label and includes Lewis' smoothest sides. Literally. This isn't so much the funky Ramsey Lewis, or the fieriest Ramsey Lewis, but the Ramsey Lewis who pursued the groove in smooth jazz as the genre was being solidly defined. Unlike many other performers in this category, Lewis is a jazz musician first and foremost, and it shows in every note he plays. The best material from this 11-track collection includes "Baile del Alma (Dance of the Soul)," from the album of the same name issued in 1998, his revamped "Sun Goddess 2000" -- aping his biggest hit recorded for Columbia in 1974 -- from Between the Keys in 1996, "Les Fleurs" from the same set -- these track feature a huge band -- and "Who Are You," from 1993's Sky Islands. While the GRP period may not have been Lewis' most creative or memorable, these tracks narrow it down and prove that a soul-jazz musician from the '60s could make the transition to the more radio-friendly format in the '90s, and still keep his funk.
© Thom Jurek /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 01:02:42
- Main artists: Ramsey Lewis
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: GRP
- Genre: Jazz
© 2006 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 2006 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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