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Ramsey Lewis – Love Notes
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Artist……………: Ramsey Lewis
Album…………….: Love Notes
Genre…………….: Jazz
Source……………: CD
Year……………..: 1977
Ripper……………: Exact Audio Copy (Secure mode) &
Codec…………….: Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC)
Version…………..: reference libFLAC 1.2.1 20070917
Quality…………..: Lossless, (avg. compression: 62 %)
Channels………….: Stereo / 44100 HZ / 16 Bit
Tags……………..: VorbisComment
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Ripped by…………: AJ Productions on 11/21/2012
Posted by…………: AJ Productions on 11/21/2012
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Included………….: NFO, SFV, PLS, M3U, LOG, CUE
Covers……………: Front

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Tracklisting
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1. Ramsey Lewis – Spring High [04:19]
2. Ramsey Lewis – Love Theme From ‘A Star Is Born’ (Evergreen)[04:30]
3. Ramsey Lewis – Shining [04:38]
4. Ramsey Lewis – Love Notes [06:19]
5. Ramsey Lewis – Chili Today, Hot Tamale [05:13]
6. Ramsey Lewis – The Messenger [05:17]
7. Ramsey Lewis – Stash Dash [04:52]

The Players
Ramsey Lewis – Acc Piano, Fender Rhodes, Moog & Arp Oddyssey Synths
Stevie Wonder – Arp Oddyssey & Fender Rhodes (#1&4)
Derf Reklaw Raheem – Percussions, Electric Piano, Flute, Alto Saxophone,
Vocals
Byron Gregory – Guitar
Ron Harris – Bass
Keith Howard – Drums
Jimmy Bryant – Clavinet & Vocals (7)
Terry Fryer – Synths (5&6)
Vocals – Zuri Raheem & Rahm Lee Michael Davis (3&7)

Playing Time………: 35:11
Total Size………..: 218.63 MB

NFO generated on…..: 11/21/2012 12:47:42 PM

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By Andre S. Grindle Amazon.com

Next to Don’t It Feel Good this has to be Ramsey Lewis’s funkiest
albums of the 70’s. It’s the same group that he maintained during his
mid to late 70’s years on Columbia. Wheras that album had featured
Earth Wind & Fire as predominant guests in the same way as ‘Sun
Goddess’ this album is based around Stevie Wonder. He contributed
two terrific songs. One was the terrific opener “Spring High”,a song
which captures the very best of his ‘Songs in the Key of Life Era’ and
the most ear catching featuring is the bouncing sound they get on the
electric piano-probably some type of pitch modulation. The title track
finds Stevie streching out a lot more on this as he and Ramsey trade
of hands on Arp and electric piano.It’s more of a slower burning build
but puts the styles of both musicians strongly to the test and wins
every time. Much of the remainder of the music here was written by
multi instrumentalist Derf Reklaw Raheem who provides much of the
rhythm section and collective vocals on some heavily funky songs such
as “Shining” and “Stash Dash”. The best part of this album is that it
presents it’s funk as music of variety,just the way it should be. “Love
Theme From A Star Is Born” should’ve been very schlocky but what
this rhythm section did to it,even if he’d passed by this time so
reflected the influence of Charles Stepney that it actually transcended
the compositions intention. “Chile Today,Hot Tamale” brings in the
percussion section real heavy for Ramsey’s interpretation of the afro
latin groove in funk. “The Messenger” is such a deep song that is
heavily represents this album on the compilation album Electric
Collection-the volume,the tempo and the harmonic ideas just build
from this soft mysterious flavor into this fevered frenzy by songs end.
Sadly having been long forgotton this should be held in extremely high
esteem in Ramsey’s catalog.I’ve been listening to this album for years
on vinyl and having heard all the sonic qualities of the
grooves,melodies and musicianship of this album digitallly enhanced
rather than changed for loudness purposes it’s even more of a
treasure.
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