Lem Winchester and the Ramsey Lewis Trio

1958 studio album by Lem Winchester and the Ramsey Lewis Trio

Studio album by Lem Winchester and the Ramsey Lewis Trio

Released

1958

Recorded

October 8, 1958

Studio

Chicago

Genre

Jazz

Length

35:31

Label

Argo
LP 642

Producer

Dave Usher

Ramsey Lewis chronology

Ramsey Lewis and his Gentle-men of Jazz
(1956)

Lem Winchester and the Ramsey Lewis Trio
(1958)

Down to Earth
(1958)

Lem Winchester chronology

Lem Winchester and the Ramsey Lewis Trio
(1958)

Winchester Special
(1959)

Lem Winchester and the Ramsey Lewis Trio (subtitled Perform a Tribute to Clifford Brown) is the debut album by American jazz vibraphonist Lem Winchester and the third album by Ramsey Lewis' Trio featuring tracks associated with trumpeter Clifford Brown recorded in 1958 and released on the Argo label.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic

Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars stating: "A good example of Ramsey Lewis' original piano style, the little-known set is actually excellent and would be easily recommended to straight-ahead jazz fans if it could be found".

Track listing

All compositions by Clifford Brown, except as indicated

"Joy Spring" - 3:25
"Where It Is" (Lem Winchester) - 4:27
"Sandu" - 6:12
"Once in a While" (Michael Edwards, Bud Green) - 5:28
"Jordu" (Duke Jordan) - 3:23
"It Could Happen to You" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke) - 3:39
"Easy to Love" (Cole Porter) - 3:34
"A Message from Boysie" (Robert Lowery) - 5:08

Personnel

Technical

Malcolm Chisholm - recording engineer
W. Hopkins - cover design

References

Argo Records discography accessed September 19, 2012
^ Yanow, S. "Ramsey Lewis: Lem Winchester and the Ramsey Lewis Trio". allmusic.com. Allmusic.

v t e Lem Winchester
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
Studio albums	Lem Winchester and the Ramsey Lewis Trio (1958) Winchester Special (1959) Lem's Beat (1960) Another Opus (1960) Lem Winchester with Feeling (1960)
Live albums	New Faces at Newport (1958)

v t e Ramsey Lewis
Studio albums	Ramsey Lewis and his Gentle-men of Swing (1956) Ramsey Lewis and his Gentle-men of Jazz (1958) Lem Winchester and the Ramsey Lewis Trio (1958) Down to Earth (1959) An Hour with the Ramsey Lewis Trio (1959) Stretching Out (1960) More Music from the Soil (1961) Never on Sunday (1961) Sound of Christmas (1961) The Sound of Spring (1962) Country Meets the Blues (1962) Bossa Nova (1962) Pot Luck (1963) Barefoot Sunday Blues (1963) Bach to the Blues (1964) More Sounds of Christmas (1964) You Better Believe Me (1964) Wade in the Water (1966) The Movie Album (1966) Goin' Latin (1967) Up Pops Ramsey Lewis (1967) Maiden Voyage (1968) Mother Nature's Son (1968) Another Voyage (1969) The Piano Player (1969) Back to the Roots (1971) Upendo Ni Pamoja (1972) Funky Serenity (1973) Ramsey Lewis' Newly Recorded All-Time Non-Stop Golden Hits (1973) Solar Wind (1974) Sun Goddess (1974) Don't It Feel Good (1975) Salongo (1976) Love Notes (1977) Tequila Mockingbird (1977) Legacy (1978) Routes (1980) Chance Encounter (1982) Les Fleurs (1983) The Two of Us (1984) Fantasy (1985) Keys to the City (1987) We Meet Again (1989) Ivory Pyramid (1992) Sky Islands (1993) Urban Knights I (1994) Urban Knights II (1997) Appassionata (1999)
Live albums	The Ramsey Lewis Trio in Chicago (1960) The Ramsey Lewis Trio at the Bohemian Caverns (1964) The In Crowd (1965) Hang On Ramsey! (1965) Dancing in the Street (1967) Them Changes (1970) The Groover (1972)
Singles	"The 'In' Crowd" "Hang On Sloopy" "Wade in the Water" "Sun Goddess"

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