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Although Ramsey Lewis' career with Chess stretched from the mid-'50s to the end of the 1960s, it was only in the mid-'60s that he made a significant dent in the pop market. Accordingly, this 18-track collection is not so much a representative sampling of his Chess output as it is a heavy dip into his most popular mid-'60s recordings. Although the tracks do span 1961-1967, all but four cuts were done in 1964-1966. Not that this is such a bad thing; this era was the time at which Lewis issued not just his most popular stuff, but also his best. It's a strong group of his best pop-jazz-R&B material, including all four of his Top 40 hits ("The 'In' Crowd," "A Hard Day's Night," "Hang on Sloopy," and "Wade in the Water"). While some tracks do allow him to get more heavily into the jazz or blues end of things, most of it focuses on comfortable R&B-jazz-pop grooves, even if it's much heavier on adaptations of familiar material that had already been popularized by other artists than it is on original Lewis compositions.
© Richie Unterberger /TiVo
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Billy Page, ComposerLyricist - Ramsey Lewis, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Eldee Young, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ramsey Lewis Trio, MainArtist - Esmond Edwards, Producer - Redd Holt, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1965 UMG Recordings, Inc.
WILLIE DIXON, ComposerLyricist - Ramsey Lewis, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Eldee Young, Cello, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Ramsey Lewis Trio, MainArtist - Esmond Edwards, Producer - Red Holt, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Buddy Johnson, ComposerLyricist - Ramsey Lewis, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Eldee Young, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Ramsey Lewis Trio, MainArtist - Esmond Edwards, Producer - Red Holt, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1965 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Christopher Kenner, ComposerLyricist - Ramsey Lewis, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Eldee Young, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Ramsey Lewis Trio, MainArtist - Esmond Edwards, Producer - Red Holt, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc.
John Lennon, ComposerLyricist - Paul Mccartney, ComposerLyricist - Ramsey Lewis, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Eldee Young, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Ramsey Lewis Trio, MainArtist - Esmond Edwards, Producer - Red Holt, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1966 UMG Recordings, Inc.
BERT BERNS, ComposerLyricist - Ramsey Lewis, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Eldee Young, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Wesley Farrell, ComposerLyricist - Ramsey Lewis Trio, MainArtist - Esmond Edwards, Producer - Red Holt, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1965 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ramsey Lewis, ComposerLyricist - Ramsey Lewis Trio, MainArtist - Esmond Edwards, Producer
℗ 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Marvin Gaye, ComposerLyricist - Richard Evans, Conductor, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Brian Christian, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ramsey Lewis, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ivy Joe Hunter, ComposerLyricist - William Mickey Stevenson, ComposerLyricist - Ramsey Lewis Trio, MainArtist - Esmond Edwards, Producer - Red Holt, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Cleveland Eaton, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1967 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Vinicius De Moraes, Author - António Carlos Jobim, Composer - Ramsey Lewis, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Eldee Young, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - André Salvet, Author - Ramsey Lewis Trio, MainArtist - Esmond Edwards, Producer - Redd Holt, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1965 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Richard Evans, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Maurice White, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Ramsey Lewis, Keyboards, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Ramsey Lewis Trio, MainArtist - Esmond Edwards, Producer - Cleveland Eaton, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal)
℗ 1966 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Marvin Tarplin, ComposerLyricist - Warren Moore, ComposerLyricist - Robert Rogers, ComposerLyricist - Richard Evans, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - SMOKEY ROBINSON, ComposerLyricist - Maurice White, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Ramsey Lewis, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ramsey Lewis Trio, MainArtist - Esmond Edwards, Producer - Cleveland Eaton, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1966 UMG Recordings, Inc.
SONNY THOMPSON, ComposerLyricist - Ramsey Lewis, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Eldee Young, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Ramsey Lewis Trio, MainArtist - Jack Tracy, Producer - Red Holt, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1961 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Richard Evans, Conductor, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Brian Christian, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Eddie Holland, ComposerLyricist - Maurice White, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Ramsey Lewis, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Shorty Long, ComposerLyricist - Ramsey Lewis Trio, MainArtist - Esmond Edwards, Producer - Cleveland Eaton, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1967 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Doc Pomus, ComposerLyricist - Ramsey Lewis, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ramsey Lewis Trio, MainArtist - Red Holt, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Christopher White, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1963 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Maurice White, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Ramsey Lewis, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Eldee Young, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Ramsey Lewis Trio, MainArtist - Dave White Tricker, ComposerLyricist - Johnny Medora, ComposerLyricist - Leonard W. Borisoff, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1967 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ramsey Lewis, Composer, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Eldee Young, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Ramsey Lewis Trio, MainArtist - Red Holt, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1963 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ramsey Lewis, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Higginbotham, ComposerLyricist - Eldee Young, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Ramsey Lewis Trio, MainArtist - Esmond Edwards, Producer - Red Holt, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Reice Hamel, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1965 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Henry Cosby, ComposerLyricist - Sylvia Moy, ComposerLyricist - Stevie Wonder, ComposerLyricist - Maurice White, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Ramsey Lewis, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Ramsey Lewis Trio, MainArtist - Cleveland Eaton, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1966 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
Although Ramsey Lewis' career with Chess stretched from the mid-'50s to the end of the 1960s, it was only in the mid-'60s that he made a significant dent in the pop market. Accordingly, this 18-track collection is not so much a representative sampling of his Chess output as it is a heavy dip into his most popular mid-'60s recordings. Although the tracks do span 1961-1967, all but four cuts were done in 1964-1966. Not that this is such a bad thing; this era was the time at which Lewis issued not just his most popular stuff, but also his best. It's a strong group of his best pop-jazz-R&B material, including all four of his Top 40 hits ("The 'In' Crowd," "A Hard Day's Night," "Hang on Sloopy," and "Wade in the Water"). While some tracks do allow him to get more heavily into the jazz or blues end of things, most of it focuses on comfortable R&B-jazz-pop grooves, even if it's much heavier on adaptations of familiar material that had already been popularized by other artists than it is on original Lewis compositions.
© Richie Unterberger /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 18 track(s)
- Total length: 01:03:50
- Main artists: Ramsey Lewis Trio
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Verve Reissues
- Genre: Jazz
© 1973 UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 1973 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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