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| The Greatest Hits of Ramsey Lewis |
| Ramsey Lewis |
| első megjelenés éve: 1973 |
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| (1989)
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| 2.893 Ft
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| 1. | The "In" Crowd
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| 2. | My Babe
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| 3. | Since I Fell for You
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| 4. | Something You Got
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| 5. | A Hard Day's Night
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| 6. | Hang on Sloopy
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| 7. | Caves
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| 8. | Dancing in the Street
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| 9. | Felicidade (Happiness)
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| 10. | Wade in the Water
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| 11. | Ain't That Peculiar
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| 12. | Blues for the Night Owl
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| 13. | Function at the Junction
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| 14. | Lonely Avenue
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| 15. | 1-2-3
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| 16. | Look-A-Here
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| 17. | Hi-Heel Sneakers
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| 18. | Uptight (Everything's Alright)
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Jazz / Soul-Jazz, Jazz-Pop, Crossover Jazz, Pop-Soul
Ramsey Lewis - Keyboards, Piano
Andy McKaie Coordination, Liner Notes, Compilation
Cleveland Eaton Bass
Doug Schwartz Digital Remastering
Eldee Young Bass
Greg Fulginiti Mastering
Maurice White Drums
Redd Holt Drums
Richard Evans Conductor
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, 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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