Ramsey Lewis - Country Meets the Blues

Ramsey Lewis Trio - Country Meets the Blues - Argo LP 701

Recorded: August 2 & 3, 1962 -Bell Sound Studio, New York City

Ramsey Lewis: Piano
Red Holt: Drums
Eldee Young: Bass + Reeds, Strings
[uncredited]: vocals

Arrangers: Oliver Nelson (Reeds Side) Lew Douglas (Strings)

Released: September 22, 1962 (approx)

After a few months of silence, I now present my latest find off ebay - a rare Argo side never before released on CD by my second favorite piano trio on Chess Jazz after Ahmad Jamal : Ramsey Lewis!! Ironically, another jazz+voices effort that just doesn't quite work - but this stuff always deserves a listen. A Great LP rip - my best yet - off a record that has only been played twice since 1963!

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