Routes (album) explained
Routes is a studio album by American jazz pianist Ramsey Lewis, released in 1980 on Columbia Records.[1] [2] The album reached No. 7 on the Billboard Top Jazz Albums chart.[3]
Production
The album was produced by Larry Dunn and Allen Toussaint.[4]
Critical reception
The Washington Informer called the album "a mixture of African and Caribbean flavor," deeming it "a further extension of Ramsey Lewis' innovation."[5] The Boston Globe called it "little more than funky cocktail lounge music which smoothly blends into the woodwork."[4]
Personnel
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- Artwork By [Cover Illustration] – Robert Grossman
- Bass – Byron Miller, David Barard, Kenny Burke
- Design [Cover Concept And Design] – John Berg
- Drums – Herman V. Ernest III, James Gadson, Ndugu Chancler
- Electric Piano [Yamaha Electric, Fender Rhodes] – Sam Henry, Jr.
- Engineer [Assistant, Vocals] – Ken Fowler
- Engineer [Assistant] – Dennis Hansen
- Engineer [Vocals] – George Massenburg
- Engineer, Mixed By – Chris Brunt, Danny Jones
- Executive-Producer – George Butler
- Featuring [Musical Assistance] – Louis Satterfield
- Flugelhorn – Rahm Lee
- Guitar – Al McKay, Leo Nocentelli, Roland Bautista
- Keyboards – Larry Dunn
- Percussion – Fred White, Kenneth "Afro" Williams, Paulinho Da Costa, Phillip Bailey
- Photography By [Back Cover Photo] – Don Hunstein
- Piano [Steinway Concert Grand Piano, Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes] – Ramsey Lewis
- Producer, Arranged By – Allen Toussaint, Larry Dunn
- Saxophone – Donald Myrick
- Soloist, Alto Saxophone – Donald Myrick
- Synthesizer, Programmed By [Synthesizer], Piano, Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes] – Larry Dunn
- Trombone – Louis Satterfield
- Trumpet – Michael Davis
- Vocals – Jon Lind, Maurice White, Warren Weinberg
Charts
Notes and References
- Ramsey Lewis: Routes. 1980. Columbia Records.
- Ramsey Lewis: Routes . Stereo Review . December 1980 . 45 . 108.
- Billboard Best Selling Jazz LPs. 66. 41. 92. October 11, 1980. Billboard. americanradiohistory.com.
- News: Simon . James . Routes . The Boston Globe . 1 Oct 1980 . News . 1.
- News: White Jr. . Ernest P. . Ramsey's Coming To Town . The Washington Informer . 51 . Oct 12, 1983 . 14.
