Down to Earth (Ramsey Lewis album)

Down to Earth
Studio album by Ramsey Lewis
Released	1959
Recorded	November 6 and December 4, 1958
Studio	Ter Mar Recording Studios, Chicago
Genre	Jazz
Label	EmArcy MG 36150
Producer	Jack Tracy
Ramsey Lewis chronology
Lem Winchester and the Ramsey Lewis Trio (1958) Down to Earth (1959) An Hour with the Ramsey Lewis Trio (1959)

Down to Earth (subtitled The Ramsey Lewis Trio Plays Music from the Soil) is the fourth album by American jazz pianist Ramsey Lewis, recorded in 1958 and released on the EmArcy label. ^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[3]

AllMusic stated: "The music (if not essential) is quite accessible while still being jazz oriented. Worth picking up". ^[2]

Track listing

1. "Dark Eyes" (Traditional) - 2:28
2. "Come Back to Sorrento" (Traditional) - 3:10
3. "Soul Mist" (Ramsey Lewis) - 3:00
4. "John Henry" (Traditional) - 2:26
5. "Greensleeves" (Traditional) - 4:25
6. "We Blue It" (Eldee Young, Ramsey Lewis, Red Holt) - 5:01
7. "Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child" (Traditional) - 2:10
8. "Suzanne" (Traditional) - 3:15
9. "Billy Boy" (Traditional) - 2:37
10. "Decisions" (Eldee Young) - 2:06

Personnel

• Ramsey Lewis - piano
• El Dee Young - bass
• Issac "Red" Holt - drums

References

1. EmArcy Records discography accessed October 5, 2012
2. Yanow, S. "Ramsey Lewis: Down to Earth". allmusic.con. Allmusic.
3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 887. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.