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| Plays the Beatles Songbook - Great Songs / Great Performances |
| Ramsey Lewis |
első megjelenés éve: 2010
36 perc |
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| (2010)
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| 2.893 Ft
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| 1. | A Hard Day's Night [Live]
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| 2. | And I Love Her [Live]
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| 3. | Blackbird
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| 4. | Day Tripper
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| 5. | Julia
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| 6. | Back in the U.S.S.R.
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| 7. | Dear Prudence
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| 8. | Mother Nature's Son
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Jazz
Andy McKaie Compilation
Kevin Reeves Digital Remastering
Rob Jacobs Product Manager
Sachico Asano Design
Ute Friesleben Production Manager
The Great Performances/Great Songs series by Verve is a new attempt to get prospective buyers interested in its vast jazz catalog; introducing them to large-scale hits by artists who appeared either on its label proper or on one of its licensees'. In the case of Ramsey Lewis, it’s his famous Beatles covers that were cut for Cadet with producer Esmond Edwards. There are eight tracks here clocking at just under 36 minutes, including the live versions of "A Hard Day's Night" and "And I Love Her," from Hang on Ramsey, featuring the original trio with the rhythm section of Redd Holt and Eldee Young, and "Day Tripper" with Cleveland Eaton and Maurice White from Wade in the Water (both 1966). The remainder of these cuts were taken from an ambitious, all Beatles album released by Lewis in 1968 called Mother Nature’s Son on Chess. This was the first album on which he played Fender Rhodes piano, as well as acoustic and Hammond B-3 (check “Back in the U.S.S.R.”), and is backed by his own group and an orchestra arranged and conducted (brilliantly) by Charles Stepney. There is a stark contrast between the trio cuts and the orchestrated ones, but they all simply groove -- even the ballads “Dear Prudence” and “Julia.” For the super-budget price tag, this is a collection worth picking up. ~ Thom Jurek, All Music Guide
Ramsey Lewis
Active Decades: '60s, '70s, '80s, '90s and '00s
Born: May 27, 1935 in Chicago, IL
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Soul Jazz, Jazz-Pop, Crossover 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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