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| 1. | Merry Christmas Baby
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| 2. | Winter Wonderland
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| 3. | Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
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| 4. | Christmas Blues
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| 5. | Here Comes Santa Claus
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| 6. | The Sound Of Christmas
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| 7. | The Christmas Song
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| 8. | God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
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| 9. | Sleigh Ride
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| 10. | What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?
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Jazz / Christmas
Recorded October 1961 at Ter-Mar Recording Studios, Chicago
Ramsey Lewis Piano
Eldee Young Bass
Redd Holt Drums
Sol Bobrou (6-10) Strings
David Chausow (6-10) Strings
Leonard Chausow (6-10) Strings
Oscar Chausow (6-10) Strings
Karl Fruh (6-10) Strings
Irving Kaplan (6-10) Strings
Harold Kupper (6-10) Strings
Abe Meltzer (6-10) Strings
Emil Podsada (6-10) Strings
Theodore Silavin (6-10) Strings
Riley Hampton (6-10) Arranger, Conductor
Years before foot-taping hits like "The 'In' Crowd" made him a household name, Ramsey Lewis was well known in the jazz world as a piano virtuoso with a unique touch who could take any song, however unlikely, and make it his own. That's just what he did on this 1961 album, devoted entirely to songs of the holiday season,
From traditional carols like "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" to originals like "Christmas Blues," Lewis and his trio - accompanied on many tracks by a string section - give the merriest time of year a distinctively soulful spin.
This is a pleasing, if rather brief (29 minutes) Christmas jazz album that was originally quite popular. Reissued on a 1982 LP, the set features the Ramsey Lewis Trio (consisting of the leader/pianist, bassist Eldee Young and drummer Red Holt) on ten Christmas songs, five of which add a string section arranged by Riley Hampton. The renditions of such tunes as "Winter Wonderland," "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town," "Sleigh Ride" and Lewis' "Christmas Blues" are fun and melodic, if not all that unique.
---Scott Yanow, All Music Guide
Ramsey Lewis
Active Decades: '50s, '60s, '70s, '80s, '90s and '00s
Born: May 27, 1935 in Chicago, IL
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Crossover Jazz, Jazz-Pop, Soul-Jazz
Ramsey Lewis has long straddled the boundary between bop-oriented jazz and pop music. Most of his recordings (particularly by the mid-'60s) were very accessible and attracted a large non-jazz audience. In 1956, he formed a trio with bassist Eldee Young and drummer Red Holt. From the start (1958), their records for ArgoCadet were popular, although in the early days, they had a strong jazz content. In 1958, Lewis also recorded with Max Roach and Lem Winchester. On the 1965 albums The In Crowd and Hang On, Ramsey made the pianist into a major attraction and from that point, on his records became much more predictable and pop-oriented. In 1966, his trio's personnel changed with bassist Cleveland Eaton and drummer Maurice White (later the founder of Earth, Wind & Fire) joining Lewis. In the 1970s, Lewis often played electric piano, although by later in the decade he was sticking to acoustic and hiring an additional keyboardist. He can still play melodic jazz when he wants to, but Ramsey Lewis has mostly stuck to easy listening pop music during the past 30 years. In 2004 he released Time Flies, a look back at some of his most popular songs through new recordings.
---Scott Yanow, All Music Guide |
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