Appassionata

Ramsey Lewis | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 18, 2000)
• Original Release Date: September 21, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: NARADA PRODUCTIONS
• ASIN: B00001IVKN
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #19,202 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

From Jazziz

Appassionata is the first album in 15 years to place pianist Ramsey Lewis within a traditional-jazz trio. The album finds Lewis improvising in a straightahead fashion over classical, opera, and spiritual themes, as well as playing his own jazz compositions. "More than any album," Lewis says, "Appassionata is a snapshot of all I've done. From the time I was nine years old, I played in the church and studied European classical music, too. When I was 15, I started playing jazz, and it's been with me forever. Appassionata centers around those three elements and then some."

--- JAZZIZ Magazine Copyright © 2000, Milor Entertainment, Inc.

Product Description

Appassionata by Ramsey Lewis Trio

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Maybe his best ever....., October 14, 1999

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Darnell R. Johnson (Atlanta, Georgia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Appassionata (Audio CD)

My fellow Chicagoan Ramsey Lewis is the premier piano jazz musician of all time and this latest release does nothing but confirm that. It is fantastic, the first jazz CD I have ever owned where every song is inspiring!! I love it!!

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What a BRILLIANT album, April 10, 2001

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Steven Clem Haley "Steve is in Stillwater" (Stillwater, Oklahoma United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Appassionata (Audio CD)

Vague memories of "The In Crowd" were my only connection with Lewis' music- so I am by no means a certified fan.

But the music on this take goes way WAY beyond the sterotypical piano-jazz cocktail bar schlock that is so easy to find.

As the title and the liner notes indicate, Lewis celebrates the music of his passions on this work. Spiritual/classical with just the right touch of "In Crowd" funk- the mix is just right if not perfect.

Highlights of the work are Song for Jan, E Lucevan le Stelle and What Wonderous Love. If Gospel music could ever be considered 'sensual' then this is it. This arrangement is the Song of Solomon set to music.

However, the total suprise for me on this cd was Ernie Adams on sticks and tubs. There is a latin pseudo-solo that he accomplishes that is so subtle, so brilliant and so classy that it alone is worth the price of the disc.

Consider me a new fan of Lewis as well as Adams

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars ramsey lewis fan, January 8, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Appassionata (Audio CD)

As a long time Ramsey Lewis fan,I should not be surprised how Ramsey consistently puts out quality music.But he continues to amaze me and Appassionata is another quality effort by a musical legend. P.S I'm trying to locate" Mothers Nature Song " on cd by Ramsey Lewis. It was produce in the early 70's. I cannot seem to locate it anywhere. Ramsey Lewis should definitely consider putting this outstanding recording on cd.