The Groover

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The Groover
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Live album by
Released1972
RecordedOctober 14–17, 1965
Venue Lighthouse Café, Hermosa Beach, California
Genre Jazz
Label Cadet
CA 50020
Producer Esmond Edwards
Ramsey Lewis chronology
Back to the Roots
(1971)
The Groover
(1972)
The Best of Ramsey Lewis
(1972)

The Groover is a live album by the Ramsey Lewis Trio recorded in 1965 at the Lighthouse. The album was eventually released in 1972 on Cadet Records. [1]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Summertime" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) - 9:20
  2. "Crazy He Calls Me" (Carl Sigman, Bob Russell) - 3:22
  3. "Why Don't You Do Right" (Joe McCoy) - 2:52
  4. "There Is No Greater Love" (Isham Jones, Marty Symes) - 3:45
  5. "Look-A-Here" (Ramsey Lewis) - 7:56
  6. "Imagination" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke) - 3:40
  7. "Bags' Groove" (Milt Jackson) - 5:05

Personnel

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References

  1. Ramsey Lewis: The Groover. Cadet Records. 1972.