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“Ramsey Lewis is a man who has touched all of our lives. Not everybody finds their calling in life as a four-year-old boy sitting at a piano in the living room, but ever since he did he’s filled our lives with music and with joy.” — President Barack Obama
This immersive new autobiography gives perception into the adolescence and illustrious profession of the late nice Ramsey Lewis, one of the preferred jazz pianists of all time.
Beginning together with his childhood rising up in Chicago’s Cabrini Green neighborhood, Ramsey Lewis recounts his reminiscences of the music in his mother and father’ church and his early piano classes. As he realized classical approach, Lewis additionally absorbed numerous jazz information and heard gospel music weekly, lastly changing into a performer himself in his teenage years. With his coauthor and collaborator, Aaron Cohen, Lewis describes his early steps in jazz from becoming a member of the Clefs within the ’50s, to finally establishing the Ramsey Lewis Trio.
This account gives an evocative tour of Lewis’s life from the membership circuit of the early Sixties and recording with Chess Records to working with producer Maurice White and musicians reminiscent of Stevie Wonder. In this deep dive into an distinctive life and expansive profession, Lewis takes us by way of the inventive challenges, affords perception and perspective on his personal musical progress and the artistic course of, and describes his eventual foray into symphonic composition and efficiency.
Gentleman of Jazz: A Life in Music serves as each an inspiration to younger musicians wanting to comply with in his footsteps and a tribute to the legacy of Ramsey Lewis and is bound to excite longtime followers in addition to these new to the jazz scene.
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