Ramsey Lewis
Ramsey Lewis was born in Chicago, Illinois, United States on May 27th, 1935 and is the Pianist. At the age of 88, Ramsey Lewis biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Ramsey Emmanuel Lewis Jr. (born May 27, 1935) is an American jazz composer, pianist, and radio presenter.
Ramsey Lewis has released over 80 albums and has won five gold and three Grammy Awards so far in his career.
Life and career
Ramsey Lewis was born in Chicago on May 27, 1935, to Ramsey Lewis Sr. and Pauline Lewis. At the age of four, he began taking piano lessons. Lewis, a young man, performed with a variety of local ensembles, including Edward Virgil Abner's Knights of Music. Lewis will eventually join the clefs, a jazz group. He and bassist Eldee Young formed the Ramsey Lewis Trio later in life, with drummer Isaac "Redd" Holt and bassist Eldee Young. They then signed up with Chess Records.
Ramsey Lewis and his Gentlemen of Swing, the trio's debut album in 1956, was released. The single debuted at No. 57 on 1965's hit "The In Crowd" (the single debuted at No. 1). The album No. 5 on the pop charts and 5 on the album No. 68. 2) They concentrated more on pop stuff. Young and Holt left in 1966 to form Young-Holt Unlimited, and Cleveland Eaton and Maurice White followed them. In 1970, White was left to form Earth, Wind & Fire, and Morris Jennings was replaced by Morris Jennings. Frankie Donaldson and Bill Dickens replaced Jennings and Eaton, but Felton Crews appeared on Lewis' 1981 album Three Piece Suite.
Lewis was one of the country's most popular jazz pianists by 1966, appearing on "The In Crowd," "Hang On Sloopy," and "Wade in the Water." Both three singles have sold more than one million copies and were given gold discs. Lewis played electric piano in the 1970s, but by the time he became a teenager and using an additional keyboardist in his bands, he was back to acoustic piano and using an extra keyboardist.
Lewis produced the weekly syndicated radio show Legends of Jazz, which was syndicated by United Stations Radio Networks in 1990 and marketed by United Stations Radio Networks. On Chicago's "smooth jazz" radio station WNUA (95.5 FM), he also hosted the Ramsey Lewis Morning Show on Saturday. This morning show became part of Broadcast Architecture's Smooth Jazz Network, simulcasting on other smooth jazz stations around the country until its cancellation in May 2009, when WNUA flipped over to a Spanish format.
In 2005, Ramsey established the Ramsey Lewis Foundation, which promoted musical instrument education to children.
Lewis's well-received 13-episode Legends of Jazz television series, which was hosted on public television throughout the country, including Larry Gray, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Joey Brubeck, Chick Corea, Kurt Elling, Pat Metheny, and Tony Bennett, was broadcast on national television throughout 2006.
Lewis was the artistic director of Jazz at Ravinia (an annual festival in Highland Park, Illinois) and helped with Ravinia's Jazz Mentorship Program. Ramsey served on the board of trustees for both the Merit School of Music and The Chicago High School for the Performing Arts.