Ramsey+lewis

Ramsey Lewis - Salongo (1976)  Vinyl & HR

Posted by v3122 at Feb. 1, 2022
Ramsey Lewis - Salongo (1976)

Ramsey Lewis - Salongo (1976)
Vinyl Rip | 32-bit/384 kHz | WavPack(2xImage + Cue) > 3.04 Gb | Artwork(jpg) > 5.79 Mb
or 24-bit/192 kHz | Flac(Tracks) > 1.31 Gb
Columbia, PC 34173 | Jazz-Funk, Fusion, Jazz Rock

Those shocked or even dismayed by the lack of jazz on 1975's Don't It Feel Good would no doubt be pleasantly surprised by this. Released in 1976 and produced by Maurice White and Charles Stepney, Salongo offers a more substantial look at African and Latin styles…

Ramsey Lewis - Sun Goddess (1974)  Vinyl & HR

Posted by v3122 at Feb. 4, 2022
Ramsey Lewis - Sun Goddess (1974)

Ramsey Lewis - Sun Goddess (1974)
Vinyl Rip | 24-bit/192 kHz | Flac(Tracks) > 1.33 Gb | Artwork > 214 Mb
CBS/Sony, SOPN 118 | Japan | Crossover Jazz, Jazz-Pop, Soul-Jazz

Pianist Ramsey Lewis first came to fame as the purveyor of swinging soul-jazz in the mid-'60s, but like a lot of musicians he underwent some major changes by the end of that decade. Sun Goddess (1974), Lewis' biggest success of the decade, is miles away from the finger-snapping supper club sounds of "The In Crowd." By this time, Lewis had transformed himself into a jazz fusion funkateer, riffing on electric piano and synthesizer amid arrangements that meld jazz with funk, R&B, and yes, even touches of progressive rock…

Ramsey Lewis - Routes (1980)  Vinyl & HR

Posted by v3122 at Oct. 5, 2021
Ramsey Lewis - Routes (1980)

Ramsey Lewis - Routes (1980)
Vinyl Rip | 32-bit/384 kHz | WavPack(Tracks) > 3.15 Gb | Artwork(jpg) > 10 Mb
or 24-bit/192 kHz | Flac(Image + Cue) > 1.40 Gb
or 24-bit/44.1 kHz | Flac(Image + Cue) > 415 Mb
Columbia, JC 36423 | US | Funk, Smooth Jazz, Pop

Standard Ramsey Lewis vehicle; good-to-routine pop-flavored and soulful material with some rousing piano solos and some not so energetic. Lewis was in the middle of another impressive run, making one hit album after another.

VA - Yule Be Miserable (2003)  Music

Posted by v3122 at Dec. 21, 2021
VA - Yule Be Miserable (2003)

VA - Yule Be Miserable (2003)
EAC | Flac(Image) + Cue + Log & MP3 CBR 320Kbps
Verve Records, B0001240-02 | ~ 154 or 85 Mb | Artwork(png) -> 45 Mb
Christmas, Jazz, Vocal Jazz

"If you tend to be depressed it gets especially bad during the holidays," the famously depressed Harvey Pekar writes in his liner notes to Verve's Yule Be Miserable. "Everybody's prancing around the Christmas tree…while you lie in bed with a big headache…