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Ramsey Lewis Trio
"The In Crowd"
© Chess/MCA Records
Year of Release: 1965
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track listing
The In Crowd
Since I Fell For You
Tennessee Waltz
You Been Talkin'
'Bout Me Baby
Love Theme From
Spartacus
Felicidade (Happiness)
Motherless Child
Come Sunday
The Party's Over
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Ramsey Lewis Trio
"The In Crowd"
The Ramsey Lewis Trio's most memorable hit was "The 'In' Crowd."
Either with vocals (Dobie Gray) or the instrumental (Lewis), it is one of
Jazz's most recognized songs. Lewis' "In" Crowd is a live album
(recorded at the Bohemian Caverns in Washington D.C.). Each song truly defines
the old school traditional jazz, long before what is popular today, Smooth Jazz.
The old school jazz have two instruments as standouts, the piano and the
standup bass. The Ramsey Lewis Trio consisted of Lewis on piano, Eldee Young
on bass and cello, and Issac "Red" Holt on drums.
"Since I Fell For You" (Lenny Welch) defines perfect jazz as it
should sound like. "Tennessee Waltz" is not the Patti Page version,
as it once again defines great traditional Jazz. "You Been Talkin' 'Bout
Me Baby" is another good, traditional jazz number. "Love Theme From
Spartacus" (the Stanley Kubrick film) has a romantic feel at the beginning
and end. In between, it has an erotic Jazz feel.
Upbeat and snappy numbers are "Felicidade (Happiness)," and
"The Party's Over." Traditional Jazz returns with "Come Sunday"
and "Motherless Child" is a bonus track on the CD version.
A great rendition of Traditional Jazz, The In Crowd by the Ramsey
Lewis Trio is definitely "IN" -- picture a night out on the town in a nice,
classy jazz club with the perfect atmosphere of great jazz to listen to.
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