Sky Islands

Sky Islands Artist: Ramsey Lewis
Label: Grp Records
Category: Music



Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio Cassette


UPC: 011105974240
EAN: 0011105974240
ASIN: B0000001TD


Release Date: 1993-10-05

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Tracks:

  1. Julia
  2. AprVous
  3. Who Are You?
  4. Suavecito
  5. Tonight - Eve Cornelious, Ramsey Lewis
  6. Sky Islands
  7. Song for Jan
  8. Medley: Wade in the Water/Hang on Sloopy/The in Crowd
  9. Love Will Find a Way - Eve Cornelious, Ramsey Lewis
  10. Come Back to Me
  11. Tonight [Instrumental]

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Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Breezy Jazz From The Windy City.......2000-02-21

Ramsey Lewis, like BB King and Quincy Jones, serves as a jazz ambassador and transitional figure. His 60s work on Chess with the Ramsey Lewis trio, later collaborations with Earth Wind & Fire (founded by his Trio drummer, Maurice White) and pianist Billy Taylor, and his radio, TV and Web site exposure have brought his form of traditional jazz to a new group of musicians.

Longtime fans will not be dissapointed by 1993's "Sky Islands." Lewis' occassionally missteps: John Lennon's "Julia" is performed too lushly considering the original's stark treatment, while "Love Will Find A Way" was at best a second-tier Lionel Richie song. But his piano playing here balances smooth, traditional, and R&B jazz in a way not done since the Crusaders' peak years (and consistent with the general philosophy of GRP Records, his label.) Highlights include a suprisingly effective medley of Lewis' 60s hits, a seductive version of Janet Jackson's "Come Back To Me," Lewis' and White's collaboration with Art Porter on "Who Are You," the EW&F-based title track, and the gentle "Song For Jan."

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