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
Hang On Ramsey!
(1965)
The Groover
(1972)
Wade in the Water
(1966)

The Groover is a live album by the Ramsey Lewis Trio which was recorded at the Lighthouse in 1965 at the same performances that produced the album Hang On Ramsey! but not released on the Cadet label until 1972. [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. Cadet Records discography accessed October 11, 2012