Ramsey Lewis

Featuring: Ramsey Lewis (p), Eldee Young (b), Isaac “Red” Holt (d).

From their first appearance in the Chicago SRO club in the spring of 1957, the Ramsey Lewis Trio was considered, by the public and critics, one of the brightest jazz groups to appear in the jazz scene. Great jazzmen such as Dizzy Gillespie called them “A gust of fresh air on the musical scene,” and Duke Ellington said they were “A bouquet of tonal delight.” A trio with a rare combination of stimulating music and personal magnetism, the group was in the mold of the Modern Jazz Quartet—thoughtful, studious, exploratory, but possessing a quietly throbbing, thoroughly captivating beat.

Track Listing:

01. Carmen
02. I’ll Remember April
03. The Wind
04. Bie Mir Bist Du Schoen
05. My Funny Valentine
06. Fantasia For Drums
07. Dee’s New Blues
08. Tres
09. Limelight
10. Delilah
11. I Get A Kick Out Of You
12. Please Send Me Someone To Love
13. Brother John
14. Black Is The Color
15. It Ain’t Necessarily So
16. Seven Valleys
17. On The Street Where You Live

All sessions recorded in Chicago.

Tracks #1-9 from the 12" album:
'Ramsey Lewis & His Gentlemen of Swing' (Argo-611) Recorded in 1957

Tracks #10-17 from the 12" album:
'Ramsey Lewis & His Gentlemen of Jazz' (Argo-627) Recorded in 1958