The Piano Player (Ramsey Lewis album)

The Piano Player
The Piano Player
Studio album by Ramsey Lewis
Released	March 1970
Recorded	November 1969
Studio	Ter Mar Studios, Chicago
Genre	Jazz
Label	Cadet
Producer	Charles Stepney, Ramsey Lewis, Richard Evans
Ramsey Lewis chronology

The Piano Player is a jazz album by Ramsey Lewis, released in March 1970 on Cadet Records.^[1] The album reached No. 9 on the Billboard Best Selling Jazz LPs chart.^[2]

Overview

The Piano Player was produced by Charles Stepney, Ramsey Lewis and Richard Evans and arranged by Stepney with Evans. The album was also recorded during November 1969 at Ter Mar Studios, Chicago.^[1]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
MusicHound Jazz	(favourable)^[3]

According to MusicHound Jazz, "The fourth collaboration between Ramsey Lewis and Charles Stepney...has yet to be reissued in the CD format, but it was their best."^[3]

Track listing

Side 1

"The Distant Dreamer" (Stevie Wonder)
"A Rainy Day in Centerville" (Charles Stepney)
"Everybody's Talkin'" (Fred Neil)
"Didn't We" (Jimmy Webb)
"Whenever, Wherever" (Charles Stepney)

Side 2

"Close Your Eyes and Remember" (Charles Stepney)
"You've Made Me So Very Happy" (Berry Gordy, Frank Wilson, Brenda Holloway, Patrice Holloway)
"The Love I Feel for You" (Cleveland Eaton)
"Time and Space" (Richard Evans)
"Golden Slumbers" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney)
"Do I Love Her" (Sylvia Moy, Stevie Wonder)

Personnel

Cleveland Eaton - bass
Ramsey Lewis - piano, keyboards
Maurice White - drums

Charts

Chart	Peak position
US Billboard Best Selling Jazz LPs^[2]	9
US Billboard 200^[4]	157

References

^ ^a ^b Ramsey Lewis: The Piano Player. Cadet Records. 1970.
^ ^a ^b "Jazz LPs". Billboard Magazine. Vol. 82, no. 21. May 9, 1970. p. 46.
^ ^a ^b Lee, Nancy Ann; Steven Holtje (January 1998). Musichound Jazz: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. ISBN 1-57859-031-0.
^ "Ramsey Lewis: The Piano Player (Billboard 200)". billboard.com.

[Album-1] Ramsey Lewis: The Piano Player. Cadet Records. 1970.

[BBJazz-2] "Jazz LPs". Billboard Magazine. Vol. 82, no. 21. May 9, 1970. p. 46.

[MH-3] Lee, Nancy Ann; Steven Holtje (January 1998). Musichound Jazz: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. ISBN 1-57859-031-0.

[BB200-4] "Ramsey Lewis: The Piano Player (Billboard 200)". billboard.com.

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Studio albums	Ramsey Lewis and his Gentle-men of Swing (1956) Ramsey Lewis and his Gentle-men of Jazz (1958) Lem Winchester and the Ramsey Lewis Trio (1958) Down to Earth (1959) An Hour with the Ramsey Lewis Trio (1959) Stretching Out (1960) More Music from the Soil (1961) Never on Sunday (1961) Sound of Christmas (1961) The Sound of Spring (1962) Country Meets the Blues (1962) Bossa Nova (1962) Pot Luck (1963) Barefoot Sunday Blues (1963) Bach to the Blues (1964) More Sounds of Christmas (1964) You Better Believe Me (1964) Wade in the Water (1966) The Movie Album (1966) Goin' Latin (1967) Up Pops Ramsey Lewis (1967) Maiden Voyage (1968) Mother Nature's Son (1968) Another Voyage (1969) The Piano Player (1969) Back to the Roots (1971) Upendo Ni Pamoja (1972) Funky Serenity (1973) Ramsey Lewis' Newly Recorded All-Time Non-Stop Golden Hits (1973) Solar Wind (1974) Sun Goddess (1974) Don't It Feel Good (1975) Salongo (1976) Love Notes (1977) Tequila Mockingbird (1977) Legacy (1978) Routes (1980) Chance Encounter (1982) Les Fleurs (1983) The Two of Us (1984) Fantasy (1985) Keys to the City (1987) We Meet Again (1989) Ivory Pyramid (1992) Sky Islands (1993) Urban Knights I (1994) Urban Knights II (1997) Appassionata (1999)
Live albums	The Ramsey Lewis Trio in Chicago (1960) The Ramsey Lewis Trio at the Bohemian Caverns (1964) The In Crowd (1965) Hang On Ramsey! (1965) Dancing in the Street (1967) Them Changes (1970) The Groover (1972)
Singles	"The 'In' Crowd" "Hang On Sloopy" "Wade in the Water" "Sun Goddess"