Ramsey Lewis was a Jazz pianist from Chicago. He passed away September 12th, at the age of 87; I thought it would be fitting to listen to a piece of his music.
He was artistic director of Jazz at the Ravinia Festival, a music/concert venue north of Chicago. He hosted a PBS miniseries on Jazz. He had a radio show on the Chicago smooth jazz station, which became nationally syndicated for a while, before the station in question switched from Jazz to a Spanish-language format. And he made some great music.
This song is "The 'In' Crowd" by the Ramsey Lewis Trio. It was recorded in 1965 at the Bohemian Caverns nightclub in Washington, D.C. It would go on to be his biggest hit, making it to number 5 on the Billboard Hot 100.
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