Ramsey Lewis This Grammy-winning, best-selling jazz pianist has released a new album that is a first in his 50-plus year career: a collections of original material. He performs Oct. 14 at Disney Hall. Listen to our conversation with Mr. Lewis.
Artistry in Rhythm This Stan Kenton Alumni reunion will be a four-day festival celebrating the music and the musicians that created the Kenton legacy. Check out this video.
Stanley Clarke, Lenny White and Hiromi Clarke and While, who were just here in August with Chick Corea, return with pianist Hiromi for a two nighter at Catalina's.
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Jazz pianist Ramsey Lewis has won three Grammys, scored seven gold records and cracked the national pop top 40 during his long and illustrious career. But, he just released his first album of original material "Songs From the Heart" and he's performing at the Disney Concert Hall Oct. 14.
Lewis had huge hits in the 1960s with instrumental covers of such pop tunes as "The In Crowd" and "Hang On Sloopy." On this video from the 1980s, he begins playing one of his hits, "In Crowd," but then morphes into a rather simple but impassioned blues.
LISTEN TO OUR CONVERSATION WITH RAMSEY LEWIS
Ramsey Lewis and Ann Hampton Callaway, Disney Hall, 111 S. Grand Ave., Los Angeles Oct. 14, 8 p.m.
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