Chance Encounter (album)

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Chance Encounter
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Released1982 (1982)
StudioCBS Recording Studios, New York, New York; PS Studios, Chicago, Illinois
Genre Jazz
Length35:33
Label Columbia
Producer George Butler (Exec.), Ramsey Lewis
Ramsey Lewis chronology
Three Piece Suite
(1981)
Chance Encounter
(1982)
Les Fleurs
(1983)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Chance Encounter is a studio album by American jazz pianist Ramsey Lewis, released in 1982 on Columbia Records. [3] The album reached No. 16 on the Billboard Top Jazz Albums chart. [4]

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."What's Going On" Renaldo Benson, Al Cleveland, Marvin Gaye 4:52
2."Chance Encounter" Ramsey Lewis 4:50
3."Up Where We Belong" Jack Nitzsche 3:59
4."Intimacy"Ramsey Lewis5:09
5."A Special Place" B. Dickens 4:35
6."Paradise" R. Irving III 5:10
7."I Can't Wait"B. Dickens3:54
8."Just a Little Ditty"B. Dickens3:04

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Personnel



Charts

Chart positions for Chance Encounter
Chart (1982)Peak
position
Billboard Jazz Albums [4] 10

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References

  1. "Ramsey Lewis: Chance Encounter". AllMusic .
  2. The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 424.
  3. 1 2 Ramsey Lewis: Chance Encounter. Columbia Records. 1982.
  4. 1 2 Billboard Best Selling Jazz LPs (PDF). Vol. 95. Billboard. January 8, 1983. p. 59.{{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)