In Chicago

3 PANEL DIGIPACK

4 ALL MUSIC GUIDE

INCLUDES A BONUS ALBUM

A true living legend of jazz, Ramsey Lewis (born in Chicago on May 27, 1935, and age 83 at this writing) has recorded over 80 albums and has received seven gold records and three Grammy Awards so far in his career. He began taking piano lessons at the age of four. At 15 he joined his first jazz band, The Cleffs. The seven-piece group provided Lewis his first involvement with jazz. He would later join drummer Isaac “Redd” Holt and bassist Eldee Young to form the celebrated Ramsey Lewis Trio, heard throughout this album, The Ramsey Lewis Trio in Chicago (Cadet/Argo LPS-671), one of their finest works from that period. The group would gain impulse in 1965 with their hit “The in Crowd” (the single reached #5 on the pop charts, and the album #2), after which they concentrated more on pop material. By 1966, Lewis was one of the nation’s most successful jazz pianists. In the 1970s, he often played electric piano, although later in the decade he was sticking to acoustic and using an additional keyboardist in his groups. The complete LP Stretching Out (Argo LPS-665) and a studio version of one of the tunes from the main album have been added as a bonus.

PERSONNEL:

RAMSEY LEWIS, piano
ELDEE YOUNG, bass
ISAAC “REDD” HOLT, drums

Recorded live at the Blue Note, Chicago, April 30, 1960.

*BONUS ALBUM: STRETCHING OUT
Same personnel. Chicago, February 23-24, 1960.

**Bonus track: Same personnel.
Ter-Mar Studios, Chicago, April 22, 1959.

01 OLD DEVIL MOON
02 WHAT’S NEW?
03 CARMEN
04 BEI MIR BIST DU SCHÖN
05 I’LL REMEMBER APRIL
06 DELILAH
07 FOLK BALLAD
08 BUT NOT FOR ME
09 C. C. RIDER
10 LITTLE LIZA JANE *
11 THIS IS MY NIGHT TO DREAM *
12 SCARLET RIBBONS *
13 HERE ‘TIS *
14 MY SHIP *
15 PUT YOUR LITTLE FOOT RIGHT OUT *
16 SÓLO PARA TI *
17 THESE FOOLISH THINGS *
18 WHEN THE SPIRIT MOVES YOU *
19 A PORTRAIT OF JENNIE *
20 C. C. RIDER [Studio version] **

TOTAL TIME: 73:31 Min.