Dayo Posted June 1, 2005 Share Posted June 1, 2005 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 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Billy Freemantle Posted June 1, 2005 Share Posted June 1, 2005 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. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Mark Bicknell Posted June 1, 2005 Share Posted June 1, 2005 'Jade East' fantastic record.......love it. Regards - Mark Bicknell Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest Richard Bergman Posted June 1, 2005 Share Posted June 1, 2005 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 link Try the "Mother nature 's son " album on chess - all Beatles covers - great record Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
pikeys dog Posted June 1, 2005 Share Posted June 1, 2005 Maiden Voyage is great..... features the track 'Les Fleur' which was used in the recent Bileys advert.... Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Geoff Posted June 2, 2005 Share Posted June 2, 2005 Love his version of Hurt So Bad, was it a 45, and was it ever played out? Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
slimharpo Posted June 2, 2005 Share Posted June 2, 2005 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 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Dayo Posted June 2, 2005 Author Share Posted June 2, 2005 Thanks for all the tips everyone Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
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