Ramsey Lewis - The "In" Crowd (1993)

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Artist: Ramsey Lewis
Title: The "In" Crowd
Year Of Release: 1993
Label: Charly[CDCD1103]
Genre: Jazz, Soul Jazz, Crossover Jazz
Quality: FLAC (tracks + .cue,log,scans) | MP3/320 kbps
Total Time: 69:09
Total Size: 426 MB(+3%) | 163 MB(+3%)
WebSite: Album Preview

Tracklist

1. The "In" Crowd 5.50 {Billy Page)
2. My Babe 4.00 (Willie Dixon)
3. Since You've Been Gone 2.55 (Franklin, White)
4. Something You Got 3.21 (Chris Kenner, Fats Domino)
5. A Hard Day's Night 4.57 (John Lennon, Paul Mccartney)
6. Hang On Sioopy 3 07 (Bobby Russell, Wes Farrell)
7. Les Fleurs 3 Do (Charles Stepney)
8. Dancing In The Street 2.52 (Stevenson, Marvin Gaye, Ivy Hunter)
9. Hi Heel Sneakers 2.45 (Robert Higginbotham)
10. Wade In The Water 3 49 (Ramsey Lewis)
11. Ain't That Peculiar 2.58 (Warren Moore, William Robinson, Robert Rogers, Marv Tarplin)
12. Functiun At The Junction 3 03 (Holland, Long, Holland, Dozier)
13. Soul Man 2 50 (Peter Hayes)
14. 1-2-3 3.25 (John Madara, David White, Leonard Borishoff)
15. Daytripper (John Lennon, Paul Mccartney)
16. Uptight [Everything's Alright] 313 (H. Cosby, S.J. Wonder, S. Moy)
17. Felicidade (Happiness) (Antonio, Jobin, Uinicus De Moraif)
18. Look-A-Here 3.10 (Ramsey Lewis)
19. Lonely Avenue 2.58 (Doc Pomus)
20. Rlues For The Night Owl 3 38 (Sonny Thompson)

personnel :

Ramsey Lewis - piano
Eldee Young - bass, cello
Redd Holt - drums

Ramsey Lewis staked his claim to fame with The In Crowd, an instrumental version of Dobie Gray's Top 40 hit. He also was one of the first soul jazz icons of the mid-'60s, based on the strength of the sales of this recording, done over three days during a club date at the Bohemian Caverns in Washington, D.C. What is not readily acknowledged over the years is that bassist Eldee Young is really the star of the show. He's the one who gets the crowd revved up with his vocalizing in tandem with the notes he is playing. It's on his Ray Charles-like take on "Tennessee Waltz" and a similar treatment of Gale Garnett's minor pop hit "You Been Talkin' 'Bout Me Baby" that gets the patrons off. Of course the quintessential hip shakin' introductory title track gets the groove in motion, but it's Young that lights the fuse. His stellar work with drummer Redd Holt bolsters the style of Lewis, and takes it further for the upbeat bossa "Felicidade." Of course, Lewis is the bluesy centerpiece on "Since I Fell for You," another cover of a pop hit that at the time Lenny Welch did so well. The variant is the dramatic "Theme from Spartacus," which has an up-and-down dynamic more suited for a concert hall than a smoky nightclub. This is the moment where Lewis shined the brightest, the "in crowd" at the club was verbally into it, and the time for this music was right.~Michael G. Nastos

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