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Ramsey Lewis With One Voice Rare
Ramsey Lewis With One Voice. Jazz great and multiple Grammy winner Ramsey Lewis has always been home in the church, evidenced not only by his chart-topping “Wade In The Water” from the 1960’s, but also by his own confession. Now the renowned Chicago-bred pianist drops a beautifully-rendered full-length Gospel project on Narada Jazz, titled With One Voice. Ramsey Lewis Ramsey Emmanuel Lewis, Jr. (born May 27, 1935) is an American jazz composer, pianist and radio personality. Ramsey Lewis has recorded over 80 albums and has received seven gold records and three Grammy Awards so far in his career. With One Voice is fantastic. Ramsey Lewis' piano playing captivates you, so that you do not mind hearing the CD each time you are in the car. Classic and new gospel music are given a wonderful interpretation.
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Ramsey Emmanuel Lewis, Jr. (born May 27, 1935) is an American jazz composer, pianist and radio personality. He has been referred to as 'the great performer',a title reflectin g his performance style and musical selections which display his early gospel playing and classical training (Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, etc.) along with his love of jazz and other musical forms. Ramsey Lewis has recorded over 80 albums and has received five gold records and three Grammy Awards so far in his career.Ramsey Lewis was born in Chicago, Illinois, to Ramsey Lewis, Sr. And Pauline Lewis. Lewis began taking piano lessons at the age of four. At 15 he joined his first jazz band, The Cleffs.
Ramsey Lewis Music
The seven-piece group provided Lewis his first involvement with jazz; he would later join Cleffs drummer Isaac 'Redd' Holt and bassist Eldee Young to form the Ramsey Lewis Trio. He has a grandson, named Ramsey Lewis who lives in California, but used to attend your local high school in Chicago's Northside.The trio started as primarily a jazz unit and released their first album, Ramsey Lewis And The Gentlemen of Swing, in 1956.
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Following their 1965 hit The In Crowd (the single reached #5 on the pop charts, and the album #2) they concentrated more on pop material. Young and Holt left in 1966 to form the Young-Holt Trio and were replaced by Cleveland Eaton and Maurice White. White was replaced by Maurice Jennings in 1970. Later, Franky Donaldson and Billy 'The Bhudda' Dickens replaced Jennings and Eaton; Felton Crews also appeared on many 1980's releases.By 1966, Lewis was one of the nation’s most successful jazz pianists, topping the charts with The In Crowd, Hang On Sloopy, and Wade in the Water. Many of his recordings attracted a large non-jazz audience. In the '70s, Lewis often played electric piano, although by later in the decade he was sticking to acoustic and using an additional keyboardist in his groups.In addition to recording and performing, Lewis hosted a morning show on Chicago 'smooth jazz' radio station WNUA (95.5 FM) until May 22, 2009. His weekly syndicated radio program Legends of Jazz, created in 1990, features recordings from artists such as David Sanborn, George Duke, Herbie Hancock, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Kurt Elling, Al Jarreau and Miles Davis.
The show can be heard in 60 U.S. Cities and overseas. On December 4, 2006, the Ramsey Lewis Morning Show became part of Broadcast Architecture's Smooth Jazz Network, simulcasting on other Smooth Jazz stations across the country for the first time. However, the show was still based in Chicago until it was cancelled when WNUA switched over to a Spanish format.In 2006, a well-received 13-episode Legends of Jazz television series hosted by Lewis was broadcast on public TV nationwide and featured live performances by a variety of jazz artists including Larry Gray, Lonnie Smith, Joey Defrancesco, Dave Brubeck, Chick Corea, Kurt Elling, Benny Golson, Pat Metheny and Tony Bennett.Lewis is artistic director of Jazz at Ravinia (an annual feature at the Ravinia Festival in Highland Park, Illinois) and helped organize Ravinia's Jazz Mentor Program. Ramsey also serves on the Board of Trustees for the Merit School of Music, a Chicago inner-city music program and The Chicago High School for the Arts, the new public arts high school in Chicago. Early in 2005, the Ramsey Lewis Foundation was created to help connect at-risk children to the world of music.
As an offshoot of that foundation, Lewis plans to form a Youth Choir and Youth Orchestra. In January 2007, the Dave Brubeck Institute invited Lewis to join its Honorary Board of Friends at the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California. Lewis is an Honorary Board member of the Chicago Jazz Orchestra. Lewis is a member of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc. In May 2008, Lewis received an honorary doctorate from Loyola University Chicago upon delivering the keynote address at the undergraduate commencement ceremony.Lewis still lives in Chicago, Illinois, the city of his musical roots. He has seven children, fourteen grandchildren, and one great-grandchild.Discography. Gentlemen of Swing 1956.
Gentlemen of Jazz 1958. An Hour with the Ramsey Lewis Trio 1959. In Chicago1960.
More Music From The Soil 1961. The In Crowd Live at the Bohemian Cavern 1962. Pot Luck 1963. 1963. You Better Believe Me( Jean DuShon)1964.
Bach to the Blues 1964. More Sounds of Christmas 1964.
At the Bohemian Caverns 1964. Country Meets the Blues 1964. The In Crowd 1965. Choice! The Best of the Ramsey Lewis Trio 1962-64. The Movie Album 1966.
Ramsey Lewis Live Albums
Hang on Sloopy 1966. Goin' Latin 1967. Greatest Sides, Vol. 1 1964-67.
Ramsey Lewis Albums
Solid Ivory (His Greatest Hits) 1963-68. The Piano Player 1969. The Best of Ramsey Lewis 1970. Them Changes 1970. Back to the Roots 1971. Upendo Ni Pamoja 1972. Newly Recorded.