A record of a masterpiece that blends the passion and groove of live performances, blurring the boundaries between jazz and soul.
This is a live album released by Ramsey Lewis in 1970, featuring a performance that incorporates elements of jazz and soul jazz, and was a major chart success.
Them Changes is a live album recorded by Ramsey Lewis in 1970, capturing the band's raw energy intact on record. Featuring a lineup of blues and gospel-inspired numbers, the album features a flexible interplay between electric piano, bass, guitar, and drums. The guitar and bass provide a foundation for rhythm, while the drums create a groove and the piano adds color, weaving through the sound to create a powerful composition. The breath of a live performance is felt, bringing to life the realism of the performance, and the album conveys the solidity of the performance that earned the band a US Billboard Best Selling Jazz LPs ranking at #4 and a US Billboard Best Selling Soul LPs ranking at #34.
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Them Changes
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Drown In My Own Tears
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Oh Happy Day
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Do Whatever Sets You Free
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Something
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See The End From The Beginning, Look Afar
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The Unsilent Minority
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Arranged By - Ramsey Lewis
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Grand Piano [Steinway], Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes] - Ramsey Lewis
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Producer - Ramsey Lewis
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Electric Guitar [Fender] - Phil Upchurch
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Drums - Morris Jennings
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Mastered By - George Piros
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Electric Bass [Fender] - Cleveland Eaton
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Engineer - Reice Hamel
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Photography By - Alan Levine
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Illustration [Cover], Design [Album] - Dick Fowler
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Supervised By - Dick LaPalm