Ramsey Lewis

CTL-E-0030 · Person · musician · 1950s–2020s

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Jazz pianist whose trio brought Chicago jazz to pop audiences.

Relationships

Chess Records — recorded for
Lewis's 'The In Crowd' (1965) was released on Argo, with later hits on Cadet; both were Chess Records subsidiaries (Argo renamed Cadet in 1965), and his Grammy history lists the label as Argo/Chess.

Referenced by

Maurice White — collaborated with → this record

Sources

GRAMMY.com artist biography
NPR retrospective

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