The Ramsey Lewis Trio in Chicago

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The Ramsey Lewis Trio in Chicago
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Live album by
Released1960
RecordedApril 30, 1960
VenueThe Blue Note, Chicago
Genre Jazz
Label Argo
LP 671
Producer Jack Tracy
Ramsey Lewis chronology
Stretching Out
(1960)
The Ramsey Lewis Trio in Chicago
(1960)
More Music from the Soil
(1961)

The Ramsey Lewis Trio in Chicago is a live album by Ramsey Lewis Trio, recorded in 1960 and released on the Argo label. [1]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Billboard (favourable) [3]

AllMusic wrote: "One of pianist Ramsey Lewis' most satisfying jazz albums of his pre-The In Crowd days... The trio stretches out a little more during the live date than they did in the studio, and they seem inspired by the audience". [2]

Track listing

  1. "Old Devil Moon" (Yip Harburg, Burton Lane) – 3:56
  2. "What's New?" (Johnny Burke, Bob Haggart) – 4:35
  3. "Carmen" (Georges Bizet) – 3:56
  4. "Bei Mir Bist du Schön" (Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin, Jacob Jacobs, Sholom Secunda) – 3:41
  5. "I'll Remember April" (Gene de Paul, Patricia Johnston, Don Raye) – 3:17
  6. "Delilah" (Horatio Nicholls) – 4:25
  7. "Folk Ballad" (Traditional) – 6:16
  8. "But Not for Me" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 3:00
  9. "C. C. Rider" (Traditional) – 3:51

Personnel

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References

  1. Argo Records discography accessed October 8, 2012
  2. 1 2 Yanow, S. AllMusic Review accessed October 8, 2012
  3. Spotlight Winners. Vol. 72. Billboard Magazine. December 19, 1960. p. 23.