Ramsey Lewis - Funky Serenity

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 1973
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 48:02
Size: 111,5 MB
Art: Front

(5:17)  1. Kufanya Mapenzi (Making Love)
(5:22)  2. If Loving You Is Wrong I Don't Want to Be Right
(2:40)  3. What It Is!
(5:12)  4. My Love for You
(5:35)  5. Nights in White Satin
(4:09)  6. Serene Funk
(9:36)  7. Dreams
(5:08)  8. Betcha by Golly Wow!
(4:58)  9. Where Is the Love

Cleveland Eaton, Ed Greene, and Morris Jennings accompany Ramsey Lewis on this commercial-flavored 1973 release. While jazz/pop/soul versions of "Where Is the Love" and "If Loving You Is Wrong" come off limp, spacy renditions of "Nights in White Satin"; Eaton, Jennings, and Lewis' two compositions, "Serene Funk" and "Dreams"; and a beautiful interpretation of Thom Bell and Linda Creed's "Betcha by Golly Wow" make this an enjoyable and essential reissue. Originally issued on Columbia Records (1973). 

~ Andrew Hamilton https://www.allmusic.com/album/funky-serenity-mw0000010670  

Personnel: Ramsey Lewis (piano, Fender Rhodes piano, Wurlitzer piano, electric harpsichord); Ed Green (electric violin, percussion); Cleveland Eaton (bass, percussion); Morris Jennings (drums, conga, percussion).   

Funky Serenity

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