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With Cleveland Eaton II (bass) and Maurice White (drums) replacing Eldee Young and Red Holt in the trio, Ramsey Lewis alters course just a bit from his handclapping soul-jazz idiom that was so popular at the time. The two new sidemen are relegated more to the background, and some punchy big band charts by Chicago's Richard Evans share the spotlight with Lewis' gospel-blues-drenched piano. Nevertheless, the old swinging fervor is left intact this time, as Lewis and company purvey a set of ten pop hits, with a few others worked in. They even got a large-scale hit (number 19 on the pop charts) out of the old gospel tune "Wade in the Water" (the photo of the tall, pretty model doing so on the cover might have struck some as being sacrilegious). The best cut of the bunch is the hard-swinging, down-home treatment of the Stevie Wonder hit "Up Tight," that got almost as much airplay as the title track. Like The In Crowd, this record evokes its era indelibly.
© Richard S. Ginell /TiVo
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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 - Bruce Swedien, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Robert Rogers, ComposerLyricist - Richard Evans, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - John Avant, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - SMOKEY ROBINSON, ComposerLyricist - Maurice White, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Ramsey Lewis, Keyboards, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Esmond Edwards, Producer - Cleveland Eaton, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal)
℗ 1966 UMG Recordings, Inc.
John D. Loudermilk, ComposerLyricist - Bruce Swedien, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Evans, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - John Avant, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Maurice White, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Ramsey Lewis, Keyboards, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Esmond Edwards, Producer - Cleveland Eaton, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal)
℗ 1966 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bruce Swedien, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Evans, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - John Avant, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Maurice White, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Ramsey Lewis, Keyboards, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Zawinul, Composer - Esmond Edwards, Producer - Cleveland Eaton, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal)
℗ 1966 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bruce Swedien, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Burt Bacharach, ComposerLyricist - Hal David, ComposerLyricist - Richard Evans, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - John Avant, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Maurice White, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Ramsey Lewis, Keyboards, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Esmond Edwards, Producer - Cleveland Eaton, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal)
℗ 1966 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Henry Cosby, ComposerLyricist - Sylvia Moy, ComposerLyricist - Bruce Swedien, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Evans, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - John Avant, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Stevie Wonder, ComposerLyricist - Maurice White, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Ramsey Lewis, Keyboards, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Esmond Edwards, Producer - Cleveland Eaton, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal)
℗ 1966 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bruce Swedien, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Evans, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Maurice White, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Ramsey Lewis, Keyboards, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ramsey Lewis Trio, MainArtist - Esmond Edwards, Producer - Cleveland Eaton, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal)
℗ 1966 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bruce Swedien, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Lennon, ComposerLyricist - Paul Mccartney, ComposerLyricist - Richard Evans, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Maurice White, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Ramsey Lewis, Keyboards, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ramsey Lewis Trio, MainArtist - Esmond Edwards, Producer - Cleveland Eaton, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal)
℗ 1966 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bruce Swedien, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Evans, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - John Avant, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Maurice White, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Ramsey Lewis, Keyboards, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Esmond Edwards, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Cleveland Eaton, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal)
℗ 1966 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bobby Hart, ComposerLyricist - Teddy Randazzo, ComposerLyricist - Bruce Swedien, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Evans, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Maurice White, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Ramsey Lewis, Keyboards, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Weinstein, ComposerLyricist - Ramsey Lewis Trio, MainArtist - Esmond Edwards, Producer - Cleveland Eaton, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal)
℗ 1966 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
With Cleveland Eaton II (bass) and Maurice White (drums) replacing Eldee Young and Red Holt in the trio, Ramsey Lewis alters course just a bit from his handclapping soul-jazz idiom that was so popular at the time. The two new sidemen are relegated more to the background, and some punchy big band charts by Chicago's Richard Evans share the spotlight with Lewis' gospel-blues-drenched piano. Nevertheless, the old swinging fervor is left intact this time, as Lewis and company purvey a set of ten pop hits, with a few others worked in. They even got a large-scale hit (number 19 on the pop charts) out of the old gospel tune "Wade in the Water" (the photo of the tall, pretty model doing so on the cover might have struck some as being sacrilegious). The best cut of the bunch is the hard-swinging, down-home treatment of the Stevie Wonder hit "Up Tight," that got almost as much airplay as the title track. Like The In Crowd, this record evokes its era indelibly.
© Richard S. Ginell /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 00:34:46
- Main artists: Ramsey Lewis
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Geffen
- Genre: Jazz
© 1966 UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 1966 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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