The 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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Records For You
Jazz - Released by Remasterings FoYoNo on 3 Mar 2014
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First Snowdrops
Jazz - Released by First to the End again on 23 Feb 2014
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Jazz Side Story (A Timeless Jazz Recordings Remastered) (Remastered)
Jazz - Released by Jazz Side Story on 21 Feb 2014
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The Christmas Song (Christmas Collection)
Christmas Music - Released by RV Record on 2 Nov 2012
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Down to Earth (Music From the Soil)
Pop - Released by Foggy Milan Records on 1 May 1959
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Never On Sunday
Pop - Released by Foggy Milan Records on 13 Sep 2022
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Bossa Nova
Jazz - Released by President Jazz Records on 1 Jan 1962
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Ramsey Lewis Canta Feliz Natal
Christmas Music - Released by VésperaDeNatal Records on 18 Oct 2013
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Foofy for President
Jazz - Released by Wind & Broomfield Records on 19 Jun 2015
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Star Bright (Christmas Recordings Remastered) (Remastered)
Christmas Music - Released by Forrest Hill on 26 Nov 2014
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Ramsey Lewis: My Christmas (Remastered)
Christmas Music - Released by Puzzled Records on 9 Nov 2012
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We Blue It (All Tracks Remastered)
Pop - Released by Magnetic Sound Records on 18 Sep 2022
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Silent Night (The Christmas Songs)
Stan Kenton, The Ramsey Lewis Trio
Christmas Music - Released by Silan Records on 29 Nov 2019
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Jazz Club, Vol. 2 (The Jazz Classics Music)
Jazz - Released by Fabulous Jazz Records on 4 May 2018
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Sound of Christmas (Remastered)
Jazz - Released by Must Have Records on 3 May 2020
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