We Meet Again Explained

We Meet Again
Type:studio
Artist:Ramsey Lewis and Billy Taylor
Cover:Ramsey Lewis and Billy Taylor - We Meet Again.jpg
Released:October 16, 1989
Recorded:1988–89
Studio:Master Sound Studios, Astoria, New York
Genre:Jazz
Length:55:55
Label:Columbia
Producer:Gary Schultz, Ramsey Lewis
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We Meet Again is a jazz album by American jazz pianist Ramsey Lewis and Billy Taylor, released in 1989.[1] [2] Lewis and Taylor duet on songs composed by Taylor, Duke Ellington, Chick Corea, Oscar Peterson, Bill Evans, and Horace Silver, among others.[3]

Critical reception

The Chicago Tribune wrote that "Lewis and Taylor work together elegantly, producing a sound that's big and brassy without being percussive."[4]

Chris Albertson of Stereo Review scribed "Ramsey Lewis's duets with Billy Taylorin "We Meet Again" are well balanced and should appeal to a broad range of tastes. Indeed, while these two pianists continue to pursue individual careers,they seem well on their way to establishing themselves as a team, and their first album together offers a diverse program of compositions by Taylor and fellowpianists John Lewis, Bill Evans, Horace Silver, Denny Zeitlin, Chick Corea, Duke Ellington, and Oscar Peterson.[5] [6]

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ramsey Lewis | Biography & History. AllMusic.
  2. Web site: Billy Taylor Hits the Road. March 19, 1989. Los Angeles Times.
  3. Ramsey Lewis and Billy Taylor: We Meet Again . Stereo Review . April 1990 . 55 . 90-91.
  4. Web site: Recordings . Reich . Howard . Chicago Tribune. 28 Jan 1990.
  5. Web site: Ramsey Lewis and Billy Taylor: We Meet Again. Albertson . Chris. Stereo Review. April 1990. 55. 4. 91.
  6. Web site: Ramsey Lewis and Billy Taylor: We Meet Again. Albertson . Chris. Stereo Review. April 1990. 55. 4. 90.