RAMSEY LEWIS – SOLAR WIND LP – Nr MINT A1/B1 UK JAZZ FUNK STEVE CROPPER

Ramsey Lewis – Solar Wind
(CBS Records  1974  S80083)
Matrix No’s: A1/B1 – UK Pressing

Sleeve in Excellent+ condition
– a little ringwear at the top and front has a small tear/notch out at the bottom

Vinyl in Nr MINT condition

Ramsey Emmanuel Lewis, Jr. (born May 27, 1935) is an American jazz composer, pianist and radio personality. Ramsey Lewis has recorded over 80 albums and has received seven gold records and three Grammy Awards so far in his career.

Solar Wind is an album by pianist Ramsey Lewis which was recorded in 1974 and released on the Columbia label. It was partly recorded in Memphis with former Stax producer and session guitarist, Steve Cropper, a member of the Booker T and the MGs group.

Track listing

1. “Sweet and Tender You” (Steve Cropper, Carl Marsh) – 5:47
2. “Hummingbird” (Jim Seals, Dash Crofts) – 4:52
3. “Solar Wind” (Cropper, Marsh) – 3:15
4. “Jamaican Marketplace” (Cleveland Eaton, Ramsey Lewis) – 7:16
5. “The Everywhere Calypso” (Sonny Rollins) – 2:59
6. “Summer Breeze” (Seals, Crofts) – 4:51
7. “Loves Me Like a Rock” (Paul Simon) – 4:30
8. “Come Down in Time” (Elton John, Bernie Taupin) – 4:53
9. “Love For a Day” (Cropper, Carl Marsh) – 4:56

• Recorded at Trans Maximus Inc. Recording Studios, Memphis (tracks 1, 7 & 9) and CBS Recording Studios, Chicago (tracks 2-6 & 8)

Personnel

• Ramsey Lewis – keyboards, ARP and Moog
• Cleveland Eaton – bass, electric bass
• Morris Jennings – drums, percussion
• James L. Herson – Moog (tracks 2, 6 & 8)
• Calvin Barnes – percussion (tracks 4 & 5)
• Carl Marsh, Ron Capone – drums (track 3)
• Steve Cropper – guitar (tracks 1, 3, 7 & 9)