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Released
  
1974

Solar Wind (1974)
  
Sun Goddess (1974)

Release date
  
1974

Genre
  
Jazz

Length
  
43:19

Artist
  
Ramsey Lewis

Label
  
Columbia Records

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Recorded
  
1974 Trans Maximus Inc. Recording Studios, Memphis and CBS Recording Studios, Chicago

Producers
  
Steve Cropper, Ramsey Lewis, Cleveland Eaton

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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.

Contents

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 2 stars.

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 Mars, Ron Capone - drums (track 3)
  • Steve Cropper - guitar (tracks 1, 3, 7 & 9)

    • Songs

    1Sweet and Tender You5:47
    2Hummingbird4:54
    3Solar Wind3:18

    References

    Solar Wind (album) Wikipedia
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