With One Voice [Live]

Ramsey Lewis

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 27, 2005)
• Original Release Date: September 27, 2005
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Live
• Label: Narada
• ASIN: B000AV2G2E
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #25,726 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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59 of 65 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What could be better than blooze-drenched gospel mapped onto an authentic jazz aesthetic?, October 14, 2005

By	Jan P. Dennis "Longboard jazzer" (Monument, CO USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

Nothing.

That's right.

Nothing.

That's what we've got here. Reminds me of one of my most profound worship experiences. Let me briefly describe it.

I'm in the Bahamas. I'm at a predominantly black, charismatically oriented worship service. My lovely daughter is with me. I've come down to witness and support the wedding of a publisher I've been working with, and to attend the Sunday service presided over by his main author, the pastor of this church, Miles Monroe.

The musical worship team consists of a sax player, a trumpeter, a keyboardist, several percussionists, an electric bass player, a killer drummer, an electric guitarist, a steel drummer, and three vocalists. They cook up such a wild, holy gumbo as to almost bring down the walls of the worship center. And they praise God so magnificently as to transport the congregation into precincts of such glorious felicity as to make it seem as if we've died and gone to heaven.

That's what's going on here, if in a little less island-oriented and more traditionally black-gospel context. But the results are the same: Mesmeric, riveting, blow-the-roof-off, lament-drenched praise music of the most beguiling and soul-satisfying sort.

Anyone even mildly attracted to this vibe will not want to pass by this glorious disc, representing a high point of southern gospel jazz.

Highest recommendation.

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars amazing blend of Jazz and Gospel, August 10, 2006

By	William J. Dunaj (Miami, FL USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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This is the freshest sound in jazz in years and one of the best. The fusion of Ramsey Lewis' driving piano with a large choir is amazingly powerful when both play off the same melody lines, but even the soft sounds at times are beautiful. I only hope he does more albums like this one.

12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars high praise and glory, February 25, 2006

By	Pamela Martin "jazlover" (toledo,ohio) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

i was truly surprised at the quality of the gospel music on this cd,ramsey lewis has given us a true gospel cd and maintained his unique jazz flair,a rare treat.