The Ramsey Lewis Band, "711"

1987 - ARSENIO HALL SHOW

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Music

Tags:

• blues
• jazz

[hambone8080]

in Bass Player magazine back in 1996 Victor Wooten wrote about his odessy of tracking down Bill Dickens after he heard him play bass on this show.

[srp1srp2]

That's Steve Cobb on drums. He played with Mr. Lewis from the mid 70's until the mid 90's when he left to focus on his own music with with his wife. He's a producer and singer as well.

[dandiacal]

Thank you. I stand corrected. What Tom Browne records is Burrus on?

[monsterjazzlicks]

So he's done it ALL then !! ha ha...

(i love his '2nd keys' playing/concept on the video).

[ipsorch]

Wow!! That is Terry Burrus on the keyboards, Bill Dickins on the bass,Henry Johnson on the guitar and I cannot recall the drummers name..

[ipsorch]

Terry Burrus was a recording seesion man on hundreds of recordings and remixes from Michael Jackson's,You Are Not Alone to Janet Jackson's,Together Again,Mariah Carey's, Always Be My Baby.Many recordings with Diana Ross,Swing out Sister,Toni Braxton,Cardigans,Ace Of Base The list goes on and on.He also has several solo albums out himself.He was Phyllis Hyman's producer and music director for most of the 80's and played with Lena Horne Stanley Turrentine, Tom Browne He has a long history.

[monsterjazzlicks]

Ta (ipsorch), do you know of any recordings he is on ??

Also, do you know of any recordings in which Ramsey himself is playing on synths (and not piano) ??

[ipsorch]

That is Terry Burrus on the 2nd keys.. he was playing with Ramsey that year 1987.

[ipsorch]

That band was all out of Chicago including Ramsey and Terry Burrus was out of New York.

[ipsorch]

Nope... That is Terry Burrus on keyboards