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One of his more memorable GRP dates of the 1990s, Dance of the Soul finds Ramsey Lewis playing mostly acoustic piano on a variety of material. The CD's main focus is accessible, yet creative, jazz-pop, though Lewis detours into gospel on "Mercy and Grace," classical on the acoustic solo piano piece "Cante Hondo (Deep Song)," and jazzy R&B on a remake of Teena Marie's 1981 gem "Portuguese Love" (which features the big-voiced singer Donica Henderson). The Chicagoan has some nice solos on melodic instrumentals like "Sub Dude," "Cancion," and the Joe Sample-ish "Love's Serenade," all of which demonstrate that commercial jazz-pop can be creative as well as highly accessible. In fact, these are the sorts of instrumentals one should use to turn pop and R&B fans on to jazz -- they're easy to absorb, but have a lot more substance than the type of mindless "elevator Muzak" that many pop instrumentalists favored in the 1990s. Although not a masterpiece, Dance of the Soul is a decent effort that has more ups than downs.
© Alex Henderson /TiVo
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Ramsey Lewis, MainArtist - Ryan Cohan, ComposerLyricist - Frayne T. Lewis, Producer
℗ 1998 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Sting, ComposerLyricist - Ramsey Lewis, MainArtist - Frayne T. Lewis, Producer
℗ 1998 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ramsey Lewis, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Frayne T. Lewis, Producer - Kevin Richard Randolph, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1998 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ramsey Lewis, MainArtist - Ryan Cohan, ComposerLyricist - Frayne T. Lewis, Producer
℗ 1998 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ramsey Lewis, MainArtist - Teena Marie, ComposerLyricist - Frayne T. Lewis, Producer
℗ 1998 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ramsey Lewis, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Frayne T. Lewis, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Kevin Richard Randolph, ComposerLyricist - Lambert Anthony Waldrip II, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1998 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ramsey Lewis, MainArtist - Ryan Cohan, ComposerLyricist - Frayne T. Lewis, Producer
℗ 1998 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, ComposerLyricist - Frayne T. Lewis, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Kevin Richard Randolph, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1998 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ramsey Lewis, MainArtist - Ryan Cohan, ComposerLyricist - Frayne T. Lewis, Producer
℗ 1998 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
One of his more memorable GRP dates of the 1990s, Dance of the Soul finds Ramsey Lewis playing mostly acoustic piano on a variety of material. The CD's main focus is accessible, yet creative, jazz-pop, though Lewis detours into gospel on "Mercy and Grace," classical on the acoustic solo piano piece "Cante Hondo (Deep Song)," and jazzy R&B on a remake of Teena Marie's 1981 gem "Portuguese Love" (which features the big-voiced singer Donica Henderson). The Chicagoan has some nice solos on melodic instrumentals like "Sub Dude," "Cancion," and the Joe Sample-ish "Love's Serenade," all of which demonstrate that commercial jazz-pop can be creative as well as highly accessible. In fact, these are the sorts of instrumentals one should use to turn pop and R&B fans on to jazz -- they're easy to absorb, but have a lot more substance than the type of mindless "elevator Muzak" that many pop instrumentalists favored in the 1990s. Although not a masterpiece, Dance of the Soul is a decent effort that has more ups than downs.
© Alex Henderson /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 00:51:07
- Main artists: Ramsey Lewis
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: GRP
- Genre: Jazz
© 1998 GRP Records Inc. ℗ 1998 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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