VINYL FORMAT. Exact reissue on 180 gram vinyl. Originally released in 1970 on Cadet; a live recording of a performance by Ramsey Lewis. Featuring Phil Upchurch (Fender electric guitar), Cleveland Eaton (Fender electric bass), Morris Jennings (drums), and Ramsey Lewis (Steinway grand piano, Fender-Rhodes electric piano).

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Ramsey Lewis broke through to widespread commercial success with his trio's rendition of "The 'In' Crowd" in 1965, and he continued to put instrumental treatments of pop hits into the charts for another five years, many of which repeated the live club atmosphere (complete with rough singalongs) and kinetic rhythms of his first and biggest hit. This period in his career is recalled on this midline-priced best-of, drawn from his Argo and Cadet Records catalog, which begins with {&"The 'I...   [ read more ]

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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...   [ read more ]

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