Ramsey Lewis Trio - Summer Breeze (1973)
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Published 2020-10-12
The trio started as primarily a jazz unit and released their first album, Ramsey Lewis and the Gentlemen of Swing, in 1956. Following their 1965 hit "The In Crowd" (the single reached No. 5 on the pop charts, and the album No. 2) they concentrated more on pop material. Young and Holt left in 1966 to form Young-Holt Unlimited and were replaced by Cleveland Eaton and Maurice White. White left to form Earth, Wind & Fire and was replaced by Morris Jennings in 1970. Later, Frankie Donaldson and Bill Dickens replaced Jennings and Eaton; Felton Crews also appeared on many 1980's releases.
All Comments (21)
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This is what happens when three great musicians come together. They don’t try to overshadow each other. They do exactly what is needed. Their timing is impeccable.
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Bassist knows exactly what he's doing. So fucking good.
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Cleveland Eaton on Bass. Extraordinarily good!
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Greatest upright bass pickup tone that's ever been recorded. Somehow he turns the nastiness, gunk, and limitations of the pickup into strengths. Simply amazing
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That bass player is insanely good.
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Mad respect to the engineer on this recording for that bass, simply incredible sound presence for an acoustic upright. 👍
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The interplay is just mind blowing. These men find space where it doesn't exist.
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I can’t believe how lucky I am just to have this video recommended to me.
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Some people may not realize that Ramsey Lewis was just as responsible for "electrifying jazz" as Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock and Chick Corea. We have lost one of the greatest but we are blessed for having him for just a little while. May the Lord bless you Ramsey.
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I think that bass player was born with that bass in his hand.. greatness
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These guys played at my high school back in the mid 80's. Small Catholic school in Arlington Heights IL. None of us had ever even heard of these guys. I remember the performance as one of the best live shows I've ever seen. Extremely talented musicians. Why they were playing my high school I have no idea but they were fantastic.
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If you’re watching this in 2022 I want you to take a moment and realize this performance is 50 years old. (To some of us this still feels like yesterday 😅)
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Cleveland is a killer bass player !
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Gone but never forgotten. Rest in peace Ramsey Lewis. 🙏🏽
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Blowing through the jazzman in my mind...
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After 100 times watching, I'm still blown away. Amazing!
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Saddened by the passing of Ramsey Lewis this week, sadder that it hardly reported in the news. Such a great talent, Rest In Peace and condolences 💐 to his family.
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Rest in peace Ramsey, along with drummer Morris Jennings and bassist Cleveland Eaton
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I was looking up smooth in the dictionary and it sent me here.
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That’s the greatest and funkiest live upright sound I believe I’ve heard. And his bass lines👌Lovely contrapuntal harmony at the end
