Chance Encounter is a studio album by American jazz pianist Ramsey Lewis, released in 1982 on Columbia Records.[3] The album reached No. 16 on the Billboard Top Jazz Albums chart.[4]
| Chance Encounter | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1982 | |||
| Studio | CBS Recording Studios, New York, New York; PS Studios, Chicago, Illinois | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 35:33 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | George Butler (Exec.), Ramsey Lewis | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [2] |
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "What's Going On" | Renaldo Benson, Al Cleveland, Marvin Gaye | 4:52 |
| 2. | "Chance Encounter" | Ramsey Lewis | 4:50 |
| 3. | "Up Where We Belong" | Jack Nitzsche | 3:59 |
| 4. | "Intimacy" | Ramsey Lewis | 5:09 |
| 5. | "A Special Place" | B. Dickens | 4:35 |
| 6. | "Paradise" | R. Irving III | 5:10 |
| 7. | "I Can't Wait" | B. Dickens | 3:54 |
| 8. | "Just a Little Ditty" | B. Dickens | 3:04 |
Personnel
edit- Ramsey Lewis - grand piano, electric piano
- Bill Dickens - bass guitar
- Frank Donaldson - drums
- Byron Gregory - guitar, sitar
- Geraldo de Oliveira - percussion
- Tom Tom 84 - percussion
- Tim Tobias - synthesizer
- Ellen Samuels - backing vocals
- Benny Diggs - vocals
- Kevin Owens - vocals
- Aaron Mills - bass
- Morris Jennings - drums
- T. C. Campbell - electric piano
- Morris Gray - lead vocals
- Pat Shannon - lead vocals
- Scott Litt - engineer
Charts
edit| Chart (1982) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Billboard Jazz Albums[4] | 10 |
References
edit- ^ "Ramsey Lewis: Chance Encounter". AllMusic.
- ^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 424.
- ^ a b Ramsey Lewis: Chance Encounter. Columbia Records. 1982.
- ^ a b Billboard Best Selling Jazz LPs (PDF). Vol. 95. Billboard. January 8, 1983. p. 59.
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