Down to Earth (Ramsey Lewis album)

Down to Earth (subtitled The Ramsey Lewis Trio Plays Music from the Soil) is the fourth album by American jazz pianist Ramsey Lewis, recorded in 1958 and released on the EmArcy label.[1]

Down to Earth
Studio album by
Released1959
RecordedNovember 6 and December 4, 1958
StudioTer Mar Recording Studios, Chicago
GenreJazz
LabelEmArcy
MG 36150
ProducerJack Tracy
Ramsey Lewis chronology
Lem Winchester and the Ramsey Lewis Trio
(1958)
Down to Earth
(1959)
An Hour with the Ramsey Lewis Trio
(1959)

Reception edit

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings    [3]

AllMusic stated: "The music (if not essential) is quite accessible while still being jazz oriented. Worth picking up".[2]

Track listing edit

  1. "Dark Eyes" (Traditional) - 2:28
  2. "Come Back to Sorrento" (Traditional) - 3:10
  3. "Soul Mist" (Ramsey Lewis) - 3:00
  4. "John Henry" (Traditional) - 2:26
  5. "Greensleeves" (Traditional) - 4:25
  6. "We Blue It" (Eldee Young, Ramsey Lewis, Red Holt) - 5:01
  7. "Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child" (Traditional) - 2:10
  8. "Suzanne" (Traditional) - 3:15
  9. "Billy Boy" (Traditional) - 2:37
  10. "Decisions" (Eldee Young) - 2:06

Personnel edit

References edit

  1. ^ EmArcy Records discography accessed October 5, 2012
  2. ^ a b Yanow, S. AllMusic Review accessed October 5, 2012
  3. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 887. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.