WED SEPT 3: STRAIGHT-AHEAD TRIBUTE TO RAMSEY LEWIS, PART 2 Classic jazz pianist Charles Craig dives into Jazz Master Ramsey Lewis’s music beyond his famous cross-over hits, to explore his globally-inspired music and jazz influences with songs such as Brazilica and Song for My Father. Charles Craig is joined by Nelson Rios , Paul Dozier, and Kobie Watkins. https://middlecjazz.com/event/charles-craig-quartet-rendezvous-with-ramsey-lewis-part-ii/ #middlecjazz #uptownclt #liveevents #cltsgotalot #ja

Ramsey Lewis Trio - Summer Breeze (1973) Ramsey Lewis was born in Chicago, Illinois, to Ramsey Lewis Sr. and Pauline Lewis. Lewis began taking piano lessons at the age of four. At 15 he joined his first jazz band, the Cleffs. The seven-piece group provided Lewis his first involvement with jazz; he would later join Cleffs drummer Isaac "Red" Holt and bassist Eldee Young to form the Ramsey Lewis Trio. The trio started as primarily a jazz unit and released their first album, Ramsey Lewis and the Ge