Up Pops Ramsey Lewis is an album by pianist Ramsey Lewis which was issued in February 1968 on Cadet Records.[1] The album reached No. 25 on the Billboard Top Soul Albums chart.[2]
| Up Pops Ramsey Lewis | ||||
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| Released | February 1968 | |||
| Recorded | July and October 1967 | |||
| Studio | Ter Mar Recording Studio, Chicago, Illinois | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 32:49 | |||
| Label | Cadet | |||
| Producer | Richard Evans | |||
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Reception
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [3] |
Allmusic awarded the album 2 stars.[3] Norman Jopling and Peter Jones of Record Mirror gave the album a four out of five star rating. Saying "Ramsey gives his own distinctive jazz piano stylings to these soul-tinged pop tunes (hence the title kiddies) and makes a very good job of them."[4]
Track listing
edit- "Soul Man" (David Porter, Isaac Hayes) - 2:50
- "The Look of Love" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) - 4:22
- "Respect" (Otis Redding) - 3:00
- "Goin' Out of My Head" (Teddy Randazzo, Bobby Weinstein) - 3:42
- "Party Time" (Richard Evans) - 3:40
- "Bear Mash" (Evans) - 3:00
- "I Was Made to Love Her" (Henry Cosby, Sylvia Moy, Lula Mae Hardaway, Stevie Wonder) - 3:15
- "Alfie" (Bacharach, David) - 2:45
- "Why Am I Treated So Bad" (Roebuck Staples) - 2:50
- "Jade East" (Evans) - 3:25[1]
Personnel
edit- Ramsey Lewis - piano
- Cleveland Eaton - bass
- Maurice White - drums
- Orchestra arranged and conducted by Richard Evans[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c Ramsey Lewis: Up Pops Ramsey Lewis. Cadet Records. February 1968.
- ^ "Ramsey Lewis: Up Pops Ramsey Lewis (Top Soul Albums)". billboard.com.
- ^ a b "Ramsey Lewis: Up Pops Ramsey Lewis". AllMusic. Retrieved October 12, 2012.
- ^ Jopling, Norman; Jones, Peter (May 11, 1968). "New LPs include Cliff (in Japan), Pat Boone's hits, 1910 Fruitgum Co...Plenty of Chess R&B, Nancy & Lee plus plenty of Sammy Davis hits..." (PDF). worldradiohistory.com. Record Mirror. p. 8.