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Released
  
1962

Artist
  
Ramsey Lewis

Producer
  
Ralph Bass

Genre
  
Jazz

Country Meets the Blues(1962)
  
Bossa Nova(1962)

Release date
  
1962

Label
  
Argo

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Recorded
  
August 2 & 3, 1962Bell Sound Studios, New York City

Similar
  
The Sound of Spring, Never on Sunday, More Music from the Soil, Barefoot Sunday Blues, An Hour with the Ramsey

The ramsey lewis trio country meets the blues


Country Meets the Blues is an album of jazz interpretations of country music and blues tunes performed by the Ramsey Lewis' Trio which was recorded in 1962 and released on the Argo label.

Contents

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars.

Track listing

  1. "Your Cheatin' Heart" (Hank Williams) - 2:59
  2. "St. Louis Blues" (W. C. Handy) - 3:07
  3. "Blueberry Hill" (Al Lewis, Vincent Rose, Larry Stock) - 2:43
  4. "Country Meets the Blues" - (Ramsey Lewis) 2:27
  5. "Memphis in June" (Hoagy Carmichael, Paul Francis Webster) - 3:05
  6. "High Noon" (Dimitri Tiomkin, Ned Washington) - 4:46
  7. "I Need You So" (Ivory Joe Hunter) - 3:21
  8. "I Just Want to Make Love to You" (Willie Dixon) - 2:45
  9. "Tangleweed 'Round My Heart" (Roy Kelley, Forrest Wyatt) - 3:24
  10. "My Bucket's Got a Hole in It" (Clarence Williams) - 1:56

Personnel

  • Ramsey Lewis - piano
  • El Dee Young - bass
  • Issac "Red" Holt - drums
  • String section arranged by Lew Douglas
  • Reeds arranged by Oliver Nelson

    • Songs

    1Your Cheatin Heart2:59
    2St Louis Blues3:07
    3Bluebery Hill2:43

    References

    Country Meets the Blues Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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