Ramsey Lewis Trio
Jazz pianist and composer Ramsey Lewis was born on May 27, 1935 in Chicago, Illinois. At the age of four, he began taking piano lessons. His first band was The Clefs but he would eventually form his most popular group, the Ramsey Lewis Trio with bassist Eldee Young and drummer Red Holt. His debut with the trio was Ramsey Lewis and His Gentlemen of Swing (1956). Within ten years, Lewis had become one of the most popular pianists in the U.S. when his 1965 album The ‘In’ Crowd hit Number 2 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart and the title track reached Number 5 on the Hot 100 Singles chart. The album won Lewis his first Grammy Award for Best Jazz Performance – Small Group or Soloist. Moving slightly away from jazz, the Ramsey Lewis Trio began to concentrate on more pop-oriented material. Their next album, also released in ’65, was Hang On Ramsey!, which found them tackling “Hang On Sloopy” plus a few tracks by The Beatles and other pop and jazz artists. The line-up of Ramsey Lewis, Eldee Young and Red Holt remained intact until 1967 when Ramsey Lewis introduced a new line-up featuring Cleveland Eaton (bass) and Maurice White (drums). That version of the trio lasted two years before Ramsey Lewis dissolved the group and moved on as a solo artist. In 1983, Ramsey Lewis, Red Holt, and Eldee Young came together again to record the album Reunion. Ramsey Lewis again set the trio aside for 16 years before bringing a new line-up together for the albums Appasionata (1999) and Time Flies (2004). Eldee Young died on February 12, 2007.
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Jazz And The City With Ramsey Lewis Trio
Jazz - Released by Bluetone Jazz Records on 4 Aug 2015
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Sound of Christmas
Christmas Music - Released by xmas lovers in the mood on 1 Jan 1961
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Bossa Nova
Ramsey Lewis Trio, Carmen Costa, Josef Paulo
Latin Jazz - Released by Music Manager on 1 Jan 1962
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Sound of Christmas
Christmas Music - Released by xmas lovers in the mega mood again on 1 Jan 1961
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Stretching Out
Contemporary Jazz - Released by Music Manager on 1 Jan 1960
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Sound of Christmas
Jazz - Released by STAR RECORDS on 1 Jan 1961
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Sound of Christmas
Jazz - Released by Ornithology Rec on 1 Jan 1961
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Sounds of Christmas
Ambient/New Age - Released by Union Music Sales on 23 Oct 2012
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Seafood Songs
Jazz - Released by oneworldler rec. on 24 Aug 2019
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Top of the Building
Jazz - Released by oneworldler rec. on 26 Aug 2019
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Castanets Dance
Jazz - Released by Boisterous Two on 16 Dec 2020
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Good old Music
Jazz - Released by Super Sounds re on 10 Dec 2020
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