Ramsey Lewis - The In Crowd Anthology (2006)

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Artist: Ramsey Lewis
Title: The In Crowd Anthology
Year Of Release: 2006
Label: Verve
Genre: Jazz
Quality: FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 02:27:53
Total Size: 962 MB
WebSite: Album Preview

Tracklist:

01 - Lonely Avenue 02:57
02 - My Babe (Live From Chicago / 1964) 04:02
03 - The "In" Crowd (Live At Bohemian Caverns/1965) 03:17
04 - Since I Fell For You 03:05
05 - The Tennessee Waltz (Live At The Bohemian Caverns, Washington D.C / 1965) 05:01
06 - You’ve Been Talkin’ Bout Me (Live At Bohemian Caverns, D.C. / 1965) 03:01
07 - Felicidade (Happiness) (Live) 03:29
08 - A Hard Day's Night (Live At The Lighthouse, Hermosa Beach, CA. / 1965) 04:59
09 - High Heel Sneakers 02:45
10 - The More I See You (Live At The Lighthouse / 1965) 05:18
11 - Hang On Sloopy (Live At The Lighthouse, Hermosa Beach, CA. / 1965) 02:59
12 - Wade In The Water 03:49
13 - Ain't That Peculiar 02:58
14 - Hold It Right There 02:27
15 - Day Tripper 03:10
16 - Hurt So Bad 03:06
17 - Hey Mrs. Jones 04:01
18 - One, Two, Three 03:25
19 - Free Again 02:56
20 - Down By The Riverside 03:45
21 - Blue Bongo 04:21
22 - Function At The Junction 03:03
23 - Spanish Grease 03:09
24 - Dancing In The Street (Live) 02:49
25 - The Look Of Love 03:08
26 - Soul Man 02:51
27 - Jade East 03:13
28 - Maiden Voyage 04:46
29 - The Mighty Quinn (Quinn The Eskimo) 03:14
30 - Les Fleur 03:05
31 - Eternal Journey 06:28
32 - Back In The U.S.S.R. 03:16
33 - Julia 02:53
34 - Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey 03:15
35 - Bold And Black 04:06
36 - Them Changes (Live At The Depot, Minneapolis / 1970) 06:35
37 - Oh Happy Day (Live At The Depot, Minneapolis / 1970) 05:32
38 - Do Whatever Sets You Free (Live At The Depot, Minneapolis / 1970) 07:48
39 - The Unsilent Majority 03:51

A two-CD anthology of Ramsey Lewis' Chess recordings might seem excessive, but considering how much material he cut for the label in the '60s, The In Crowd Anthology is actually fairly selective. Certainly it's good value, with 39 tracks and a running time of two-hours-and-twenty minutes. As for consistency of style and quality, that's another matter, though generally it's a worthwhile summary of highlights from the prime of a rare '60s instrumental musician who combined jazz, R&B, and pop with considerable commercial success. While none of this could be categorized as raw or earthy, some of the tracks (particularly on disc one) are fairly gutsy R&B-jazz fusions, particularly the hits "The 'In' Crowd" and "Wade in the Water" (Lewis' two other Top 40 singles, "Hang on Sloopy" and "A Hard Day's Night," are also here). On the other hand, the covers of pop/rock hits (including several by the Beatles) veer toward lounge soul, even though there was no one better than Lewis at that kind of stuff. Occasionally there are flashes of a more idiosyncratic, jazzy originality that sound as if Lewis is playing for himself as well as the marketplace, particularly when he gets into some Latin-influence boogaloo grooves on "Blue Bango" (easily the most uninhibited piece on this collection), "Spanish Grease," and "Hey Mrs. Jones." The later cuts, while showing him capable of keeping up with commercial trends by adding funk and touches of psychedelia, also find him losing the distinctive mid-'60s nightclubbish pop-soul sound that had vaulted him to prominence in the first place.

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