Ramsey Lewis

[Dayo]

Love Ramsey Lewis and always have, but my collection - a few singles apart - is a tad poor.

I'm especially fond of the mid career stuff he recorded with a full orchestral backing, eg Hurt So Bad. There's just something so moody and atmospheric about almost anything that came out of Chess at that time.

Question is this; which albums should I look out for from that period and in that style, as opposed to the groovy trio recordings? Are they on CD?

Thanks

Colin

[Billy Freemantle]

Can't help you with the albums, Dayo. But I love 'Hurt so Bad' and will always be grateful to Ramsey Lewis for making other jazz accessible. Without Ramsey, I wouldn't have been able to get into Lee Morgan, Clark Terry, Eric Dolphy, Ted Curzon etc etc.

[Mark Bicknell]

'Jade East' fantastic record.......love it.

Regards - Mark Bicknell

[Guest Richard Bergman]

Love Ramsey Lewis and always have, but my collection - a few singles apart - is a tad poor.

I'm especially fond of the mid career stuff he recorded with a full orchestral backing, eg Hurt So Bad.  There's just something so moody and atmospheric about almost anything that came out of Chess at that time.

Question is this; which albums should I look out for from that period and in that style, as opposed to the groovy trio recordings?  Are they on CD?

Thanks

Colin

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Try the "Mother nature 's son " album on chess - all Beatles covers - great record

[pikeys dog]

Maiden Voyage is great..... features the track 'Les Fleur' which was used in the recent Bileys advert....

[Geoff]

Love his version of Hurt So Bad, was it a 45, and was it ever played out?

[slimharpo]

Get the Wade In The Water album. It was Ramsey's first with a big band backing. As well as the classic title track it has the first outing for Hurt So Bad and not a dud track in sight. Sound quality is terrific, as good as the 45s I'd say. You can get the original album for less than a tenner off ebay even from the USA. I even found a CADET postcard in mine inviting me to send in for a CADET catalog & newsletter to the legendary 2120 South Michigan address. Hurt So Bad was not issued as a 45 in the USA but was in the UK!

SLIM

[Dayo]

Thanks for all the tips everyone