♫♪ Ramsey Lewis Trio, "In Crowd."♫

[Marco81blues]

My fathers had a tape with six songs from Ramsey Lewis, this one of them, i couldnt support the music on the radio, i used to tell my friends i didn't like music, the only thing i would listen to was that tape lol. I started to like music with Ramsey Lewis.

[Bopizoid]

That's Henry Johnson playing guitar.

[alanlomax100]

This is awesome! My mother loves RamseyLewis.

[mscarolannstaples]

Love his Jimmy Reed riff "Baby what you want me to do"...

[Pumasarah]

akalashay - it's in Casino, when Sharon Stone walks through the casino....

[MLATX512]

Who is playing guitar? This is a quartet, not a trio!

[Carlschwamberger1]

Dont know the drummer, maybe Frank Dondaldson? Bass player is Bill 'The Buddha' Dickens

[zapharatu]

Anybody know the names of the other guys in his band?

[TheBadMoJoe]

Thanks Ramsey

 R.I.P.

[nialldcrowley]

@TheBadMoJoe RIP? Do you know something the rest of us don't?

[jazzjanne1]

Ramsey Lewis Trio was the first pianotrio I listened to in the beginning of the sixties, and Ibought and still about 50 lp:s with him. This version sounds good too!

janne from Sweden

[akalashay]

can someone please tell me the movies this song has been in?, i can remember what was happening but i cant remember the movie.....its been fucking with me ever since that nikon commercial been coming on

[akfizzle]

I discovered him while digging through parents old vinyl records and found the best of. I fell in love.

[decksoft]

I heard him for the first time when i was 18, i'm 51 now and looking far older than him! ... certainly knows how to play piano isn't?

[MetuNtr]

Look at his face....that is what it looks like when someone loves what they do.

[LhalaluvzJanet]

I watched him perform last night !!!!!!! and also Bill Cosby ! It was great !!!!!!

[winters0123]

He is alive homeboiUH :D I saw him live yesterday and WOW he was just amazing, so, so, so good.

[Mairloes]

What is the song that starts at 5:17 called? Thanks!

[DadukoDave]

@Mairloes I may be wrong, and I'm quite certain I am, but I'd be willing to wager up to, and including, $15 on the rather capricious hunch that the 5:17 track is entitled "Cool Beans for Bacchus"—a song initially released in Paris, (where, in 1961, American Jazz was more popular), on the French record label "Chaussettes—Houblonnage," and released as the b-side for the Ramsey Lewis Euro-hit, "Eleanora Fagan and the Belly Button Boys"—a song dedicated to Billie Holliday and her first band.

[Mairloes]

@DadukoDave Thanks! But unfortunately, you were wrong. Angrygrunt replied to my comment and told me the song is called "Sun Goddess". Any way, thanks a lot for your effort and have a great day! :)

[angrygrunt]

@Mairloes it's sun goddess

[senniar]

I think "In crowd" was knocked off the pop charts when 4 kids came over from Britian.

[lovesdaisies]

4:00 - You Got Me Runnin' by Jimmy Reed. Man, Ramsey just rocks it.

[MultiKZB]

Saw him in the '60s in San Diego...we were the only white people in the club...what a joy! So happy that the musicians of that day had no hang-up with white and black...music is music!!!!

[CharlesBarry]

@MultiKZB Hi, nice comment !

[ozone8902]

@MultiKZB Back then, music was music, regardless of who made it. I always said and still believe that music transcends race.

[Ztime101]

hey loser home boy, last I can find, Ramsey is tour this summer...........

[wobbly585]

Great stuff I am trying to pin down 'Charlie Brown' No luck yet. It is well played and witty. Peace

[beauzoz]

Saw him at Shelter Island in San Diego 1970, when I got back from Nam.

[hamgiant]

Absolutely superb! Amazing! It must be a tremendously good feeling to be good enough to play what's in your soul.

[sonic51420]

idk who is this guy but when i skipped to 1:00 i was dam this guy is good

[xelenty]

awesome

[homeboiUH]

Rest in peace, Ramsey!

[TejanoChimbo]

@homeboiUH -- He is 76 now--

[naga3717]

@homeboiUH Yep...he's alive and kicking ... and I've got 4th row seats to see him in December on his 'Sun Goddess' tribute tour. Should be great.

[Vince1961]

@homeboiUH - "The rumors of his death have been greatly exaggerated." Ramsey is alive and well in Chicago.

[MultiKZB]

Saw Ramsey Lewis in the mid-60's...he is better than ever today!

[HardwareStuff]

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[joe2grand]

ramsey has such an incredible way of being laid back but intense , soft and hard, happy/sad, simple /intricate ..... he has such masterful control of contrast in his music !

[thatkiadd]

Awesome!!! I take drums lessons with the Drummer

[orehorst]

at 1:18 Ramsey goes into boogie woogie.

[GUILLYMILLER]

10 minutos musicales irrepetible!!!

[orehorst]

That's boogy woogy, not jazz.

[jaquenuno]

@orehorst Sorry that´s not boogie woogie.

[dcvisualdesigner]

Spettacolare!!!

[williampaquin1]

Nice job on the video, TejanoChimbo, clear and sound is really great!!!!

[kinglonz]

what is the song at 1:00 into it?

[massmanute]

Ramsey Lewis was doing a kind of fusion before fusion existed.

He is a very popular jazz musician, one of my favorites, yet still somehow underrated in my opinion. For example, I seldom here him played these days in the programming of our local jazz-oriented radio station.

[BushDoctor02]

Now these are the real Rock Legends!!

[thunkabunk]

WOW! I love this man...

[freakyhead20]

I would rather see this then lady whowho or justin blubface...<3 Jazz <3 !!

[strongf]

whats the name of the song that starts at 1:06? and where can I find the whole version of it?

[nuncaeslupus]

@strongf The song at 1:06 sounds like Charlie Parker's Blue bird, although it's not exactly the same.

[strongf]

@nuncaeslupus yeah you're right. I knew I've heard it somewhere b4. thanks buddy

[darkstar72]

Ramsey Lewis you save my day :o]

[toonpipes]

YYYYEEEEEHHAAAAA!!

[therealhaxwell]

brought tears to my eyes... sweet.

[gatsso]

Trop trop fort ce Ramsey !!!!!!

[captainsweetpea]

Epic :)

[amymontanahitchcock]

ah yah!

[vealshanker]

seeing this man LIVE is , was, and always will be an event to remember.

[joni4749]

FUNKY!  Great!

[Kemet09]

Who is the Bassist?????

[thealmightymiranda]

@Kemet09 Maurice Fitzgerald

[tblasko]

Oh wow, looks like 3 people slipped and hit the thumbs down by accident.

[doubts]

@tblasko ... maybe its the two oldies that left at 5.42 when it got a little funky for em.

[TheMimi6388]

wawwww

[Markko122L]

I heard a version loosely termed on the film Casino went out and bought the movie soundtrack highly recommended.

[zehJazz]

saw him perform this live last week, you know what changed? Nothing he's still amazing at 75!

[data5train]

@zehJazz wow really? that's pretty awesome... where did he play? Cheecago?

[zehJazz]

@data5train yea it was a real treat I mean I got to see him jam live for free! It was awesome.

[dukedome]

kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk

[irishsetterarchie]

LOVED CRUISING DOWN THOSE STREETS , NORTHWEST SIDE OF CHICAGO, ON WARM SUMMER NIGHTS AND LISTENING TO THE RAMSEY LEWIS TRIO...NOW HERE I AM IN DENVER , COLORADO AND LOVING HIM ALL OVER AGAIN!!!!

[coubotand]

What is the song that starts at 5:10. It sounds really familiar.

[asterion000]

@coubotand it's called "sun goddess"

[coubotand]

@asterion000 Thanks a lot!

[CowboyBebop444]

they dont make them like they used to, thats for sure

[mikeurbs]

The dude is GOOOOD!!!

[Johngtr13]

I love the bass thing at 44 seconds.

[tosiakiw]

久しぶりに、聞きました。昔のことが思い起こされて、ハッピーな­気分になりました。

[lim5269]

Just bought his last Chicago Blue Note album, he has a great ear for standards. Pianists like this make Jazz fun. He reminds me of Ray Charles for some reason (an acoustic version of Ray?)

[missspoonful]

Absolute goosebumps starting at 1:14

[worseto]

Ramsey lewis is the working mans jazz player.He is the meat and potatoes of jazz. I dont have anything bad to say about real controlled refined jazz but jazz should be of the wall sometimes uncontrolled and this is what ramsey does so well.

[kmp3000]

Amazing piano. Love the bling!

[Vitaly7Chernobyl]

wowoweewoah

[6925thcobras]

took this sunday off and am going kayaking....need coffee and music to wake up but.

[nhayes5]

i'll be singin in front this legend tonight and i am NERVOUS AS ALL DAT. any singers out there please send me some good vibes.

[missspoonful]

Ooo what stars happening at 1:15 ..... hmm!

[GTO3987]

Terrific!

[makattack301]

This is wierd I was watching a video I have no idea who Ramsey Lewis is at the time, I look at the search bar and see Ramsey Lewis so I think, this is weird so I pressed enter and I click on the firs vid I see and I am presented with this awesome jazz music, Some would call it wierd... I call it a gift.

[TimBirkenholz]

that's a big semi-hollow lol

[angrykoopa]

when he started playing "baby what you want me to do" at 4:00 i nearly shit myself....this man is a true genius

[ajm115]

0:00-1:11 is the song "The 'In' Crowd". I love this version, but the best one by far is on the Bohemian Caverns album. The stuff after that groovy too.

[tinytoes409]

Stumbled on this....Looooove It! Brilliant!

[winterwoodC]

Wow ! I had to get up and shake it and clap my hands and then run to the piano and practice my bass runs.

[geoffrex1]

Brilliant

[Bamaboompa]

SOUNDS GREAT!!

I believe he's been listening to Professor Longhair. If you don't know who that is, I guess you've never been to N'Awlins.

Check him out!!

[Earl2Aron]

WOW... I'M IN LOVE NOW!!! LOVE JAZZZZ

[strongf]

@Earl2Aron yeah me too, but this aint exactly jazz

[imaziyen]

THANX! FOR THAT GREAT LIVE MUSIC!!

[ferdgeislersingt]

Cool !

[rossdeluxe]

THE MUSIC IS BLACK!

[pogle65]

which version was played on radio 1s old record club with jimmy saville in late 70s early 80 s ?

[nittyranks]

I wish they would show his hands.

[daviemcf]

I remember this from a long time ago...a real tight band!! 5*

[MrBluesmaster]

Who's playing guitar

[paulski01]

I think it's Henry Johnson...could be wrong though

[applianceman62]

it is Henry Johnson

[quutamo87]

the guitarist!! XD

[Earl2Aron]

GO RAMSEY GO!!

[UCMSGrand]

one of them...Pop I miss you! so I didn't forget. Standing right on your side. I am still writing.

[HISmystro]

The greatest piano player ever!!!

[trueselfmusic]

YES The Man KNOWS how it's done.

[mari7891011]

ace! piano is best! that's ramsay lewies he is GREAT!

[larsvontrio]

Dear TejanoChimbo,

Thanks very much. My dad had this in the 80s, then he wiped the video! Can you please see if you've got any more to upload? It was about 1/2 an hour! Cheers

[trademark1874]

04:35 Damn... it makes me shiver!!

[trademark1874]

YEAH...!!

[iaingthomas]

Excellent

[ManagerGuy1]

Cat went to Englewood High School in Chicago's south side - i met him when he was a kid - he was always a gent and always a GREAT musician! Love his playing..

[thelovelyrita65]

absolutely fantastic..love him

[Aucht52]

AWESOME!!!!

[jelboysvw]

cool!

[Jazzsummit]

Fantastic!!!!

[amemod]

fuckin amazing

[dillweed44]

I liked the first half very much so, what happened to the rest of that song? It just stopped like half way through his blues jam and then goes into some other song which is not nearly as good.

[bostonbruinsfever]

This is EXCELLENT. Thanks for posting it.

[bryan57s]

so groovin

[vieurocker]

super sound ! impressionné !

[morgaffi]

The essence of "hip."

[Zefabou]

yessssss!!!

txsssss

[aypapi0601]

this is really an awesome recording..i really didn't realize what a great piano player ramsey lewis really is!!!!cool!!!!!

[Iyolabowo]

Ramsey Lewis is the only pianist that can play both jazz and blues in the same high quality