The Piano Player (Ramsey Lewis album)

The Piano Player
Studio album by Ramsey Lewis
Released 1970
Recorded November 1969
Studio Ter Mar Studios, Chicago
Genre Jazz
Label Cadet
Producer Charles Stepney, Ramsey Lewis, Richard Evans

The Piano Player is a jazz album by Ramsey Lewis, released on Cadet Records in 1970.[1]

Overview

The songs were arranged by Charles Stepney and Richard Evans. It was recorded at Ter Mar Studios, Chicago, in November 1969.[1]

According to MusicHound Jazz, "The fourth collaboration between Ramsey Lewis and Charles Stepney...has yet to be reissued in the CD format, but it was their best."[2]

The album reached No. 157 on the Billboard 200.[3]

Track listing

Adapted from Discogs[1]

Side 1

  1. "The Distant Dreamer" (Stevie Wonder)
  2. "A Rainy Day in Centerville" (Charles Stepney)
  3. "Everybody's Talkin'" (Fred Neil)
  4. "Didn't We" (Jimmy Webb)
  5. "Whenever, Wherever" (Charles Stepney)

Side 2

  1. "Close Your Eyes and Remember" (Charles Stepney)
  2. "You've Made Me So Very Happy" (Berry Gordy, Frank Wilson, Brenda Holloway, Patrice Holloway)
  3. "The Love I Feel for You" (Cleveland Eaton)
  4. "Time and Space" (Richard Evans)
  5. "Golden Slumbers" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney)
  6. "Do I Love Her" (Sylvia Moy, Stevie Wonder)

Personnel

Adapted from Discogs[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Ramsey Lewis: The Piano Player". discogs.com.
  2. ↑ Lee, Nancy Ann; Steven Holtje (January 1998). Musichound Jazz: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. ISBN 1-57859-031-0.
  3. ↑ "Ramsey Lewis: The Piano Player (Billboard 200)". billboard.com.
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