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The Piano Player
Studio album by Ramsey Lewis
Released	March 1970
Recorded	November 1969
Studio	Ter Mar Studios, Chicago
Genre	Jazz
Label	Cadet
Producer	Charles Stepney, Ramsey Lewis, Richard Evans
Ramsey Lewis chronology
Another Voyage (1969) The Piano Player (1970) Them Changes (1970)

The Piano Player is a jazz album by Ramsey Lewis, released in March 1970 on Cadet Records. The album reached No. 9 on the Billboard Best Selling Jazz LPs chart.

Overview

The Piano Player was produced by Charles Stepney, Ramsey Lewis and Richard Evans and arranged by Stepney with Evans. The album was also recorded during November 1969 at Ter Mar Studios, Chicago.

Critical reception

According to MusicHound Jazz, "The fourth collaboration between Ramsey Lewis and Charles Stepney...has yet to be reissued in the CD format, but it was their best."

Track listing

Side 1

1. "The Distant Dreamer" (Stevie Wonder)
2. "A Rainy Day in Centerville" (Charles Stepney)
3. "Everybody's Talkin'" (Fred Neil)
4. "Didn't We" (Jimmy Webb)
5. "Whenever, Wherever" (Charles Stepney)

Side 2

1. "Close Your Eyes and Remember" (Charles Stepney)
2. "You've Made Me So Very Happy" (Berry Gordy, Frank Wilson, Brenda Holloway, Patrice Holloway)
3. "The Love I Feel for You" (Cleveland Eaton)
4. "Time and Space" (Richard Evans)
5. "Golden Slumbers" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney)
6. "Do I Love Her" (Sylvia Moy, Stevie Wonder)

Personnel

• Cleveland Eaton - bass
• Ramsey Lewis - piano, keyboards
• Maurice White - drums

Charts

References

1. ^ Ramsey Lewis: The Piano Player. Cadet Records. 1970.
2. ^ "Jazz LPs". Billboard Magazine. Vol. 82, no. 21. May 9, 1970. p. 46.
3. ^ Lee, Nancy Ann; Steven Holtje (January 1998). Musichound Jazz: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. ISBN 1-57859-031-0.
4. "Ramsey Lewis: The Piano Player (Billboard 200)". billboard.com.

• Ramsey Lewis albums
• 1970 albums
• Albums produced by Charles Stepney
• Cadet Records albums