by RAMSEY LEWIS
Release Date: 16 February 2018
Format: LP Vinyl
Label: Music On Vinyl
£19.99
RAMSEY LEWIS SUN GODDESS Limited 180gram Audiophile Vinyl LP
Overview:
Ramsey Lewis is an American jazz pianist, keyboardist and composer born 1935, Chicago. He has recorded over 80 albums and played with artists like Max Roach, jazz-singer Nancy Wilson and performs with his own trio.
The album Sun Goddess is a soul jazz-funk album, recorded in 1974 and was produced by Maurice White, Teo Macero (who had produced albums by Miles Davis) and Ramsey Lewis himself. The opening track "Sun Goddess" was composed, by Earth, Wind & Fire member Maurice White and featured Philip Bailey on vocals. "Living For The City" was composed by Stevie Wonder, arranged by Ramsey Lewis and "Jungle Strut" is a jazz track melting funk and R&B. Sun Goddess was Ramsey Lewis' biggest success of the decade reaching #1 on the Billboard Black Albums chart, #12 in the Pop chart and has been certified gold, it also featured most of the key players of Earth, Wind & Fire.
180 gram audiophile vinyl
3mm sleeve
Featuring "Sun Goddess", "Jungle Strut", "Living For The City" and more
Featured Tracks:
SIDE A
1. SUN GODDESS
2. LIVING FOR THE CITY
3. LOVE SONG
SIDE B
1. JUNGLE STRUT
2. HOT DAWGIT
3. TAMBURA
4. GEMINI RISING
Release Date: 27 September 2019
Format: LP Vinyl
Label: Verve
£24.99
