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Lub lim tiam no lub ntiaj teb ntawm jazz poob ib qho ntawm nws qhov kawg proselytizers. Ramsey Lewis 'kev tuag ntawm 87 tsis yog qhov kawg rau ib tug txiv neej tab sis nyob rau hauv ntau txoj kev kuj yog qhov kawg ntawm ib lub sij hawm rau suab paj nruag thiab rau nws hometown ntawm Chicago.

Tau ntau tshaj li rau caum xyoo Lewis dazzled jazz kiv cua nrog nws lub suab piano tshiab thiab muaj peev xwm sib txuas jazz nrog Ntsuj Plig, Funk thiab R & B. Nws muaj peev xwm ua tau lwm yam, ib txhia yuav sib cav ntau dua, jazz artists ua tsis tau. Ramsey Lewis muag cov ntaub ntawv. Thaum jazz nyob hauv kev tawm tsam hauv xyoo 1960, Lewis tau ua qhov zoo li tsim nyog tam sim no thiab tau ua dhau los, nws ntsia rau lub pob zeb thiab tus ntsuj plig hits hnub rau kuv rau jazz. Tau kawg, jazz purists tau poob siab. Thiab ntawm chav kawm suab paj nruag kiv cua tau zoo siab heev.

Nyob rau hauv 1965, tom qab xyoo ntawm kev ua si Lewis tso tawm "The In Crowd", ib qho album thiab ib leeg kaw ntawm Bohemian Caverns uas tau los ua nws kos npe. Dab tsi ua rau zaj nkauj ntaus yog tsawg Lewis ' deft ua si thiab nruj ntawm pawg, thiab ntau lub zog ntawm chav tsev. Thaum Ramsey Lewis nkag mus rau hauv qhov zawj, cov neeg tuaj saib ua li ntawd. Nws yog cov neeg tuaj saib tes npuaj teg thiab lub tsev teev ntuj zoo li hu thiab teb uas coj cov nkauj thiab album mus rau saum lub Billboard R & B kab kos. Lub Ramsey Lewis Trio cov kev ua raws li qhov kev sib tw yog "Hang on Sloopy" thiab "Wade in the Water" (kuv nyiam thiab tsis yog zaj nkauj).

Zoo li cov neeg zoo li Miles Davis lossis Oscar Peterson, Lewis ncig nws tus kheej nrog cov kws ntaus suab paj nruag. Hauv nws trio, Lewis tau flanked los ntawm Eldee Young ntawm ntses bass thaj tsam thiab Redd Holt ntawm nruas. Ob tug tom qab ntawd yuav tsim Young Holt Unlimited, lwm qhov trio nrog daim ntawv qhia kev xav. Thaum Young thiab Holt tawm mus, Lewis hloov Cleveland Easton ntawm ntses bass thaj tsam - thiab qhov no ib txwm ua rau kuv lub siab Maurice White ntawm nruas. Dawb yuav mus ua tus thawj coj ntawm Lub Ntiaj Teb Cua thiab Hluav Taws. Qhov ntawd ua rau Ramsey Lewis ib yam dab tsi zoo li lub fulcrum ntawm Chicago suab paj nruag nyob rau hauv lub 60s thiab 70s.

Yog tias muaj dab tsi, nws yog lub luag haujlwm ntawd raws li ib yam ntawm Godfather of Chicago music. Koj pom Ramsey Lewis yog ntau tshaj li tus kws ntaus nkauj hauv ntiaj teb uas tau tsim ib hom ntawv tshiab. Nws yog ntau tshaj li tus deejay uas tau pab tsim cov xov tooj cua Smooth Jazz. Ramsey Lewis yog ib tug txiv neej Chicago. Nws hais Jazz Lub Hlis: "Zoo kuv yog txhua yam ntawm kev cia siab, Kuv yog txhua yam txog kev ntseeg, Kuv txhua tus hais txog kev ua suab nrov zoo siab thiab yog tias qhov ntawd ncav cuag tib neeg, ces kuv tau ua kuv txoj haujlwm." Tsawg tus neeg khaws txoj kev ntseeg thiab zaj dab neeg ntawm Dub Chicago zoo dua Ramsey lossis Mr.

Koj tuaj yeem pom qhov kev cog lus li cas nws muaj nyob hauv lub ntiaj teb. Raws li nws Chicago Sun-Times obituary Lewis yug thiab loj hlob hauv Chicago. Nws pib kawm suab paj nruag ntawm 4 xyoo ntawm Chicago Music College Preparatory School. Tom qab ntawd nws kawm tiav hauv Wells High School. (Yuav tsum muaj ib yam dab tsi hauv dej hauv Wells, vim Lewis yuav ua raws li Jerry "Iceman" Butler thiab Curtis Mayfield ntawm Lub Siab ntawm Chicago's ze rau sab hnub poob.) Ntau tus kws ntaus nkauj ntawm nws lub cev tau tawm hauv Chicago mus zoo. Tab sis xyoo dhau los, kuv pom Lewis thoob plaws lub nroog thiab dhau mus.

Lewis yog ib qho tseem ceeb ntawm lub npe nrov London House club hauv plawv nroog Chicago. Ntau xyoo dhau los, kuv tau xam phaj lwm tus Chicago lus dab neeg Tom Burrell rau NPR's Planet Money. Burrell, yog ib tus thawj coj ua lag luam Dub nyob rau xyoo 1960, nco qab tias London Tsev yog qhov tsis txaus ntseeg ntawm lub nroog Chicago hmo ntuj hauv 60's thiab Ramsey Lewis coj pawg. Raws li Gene Seymour sau rau NPR, Lewis "ua kom muaj peev xwm ua siab tawv ua lag luam rau yav tom ntej ntawm jazz li ib qho (hu ua) avant-gardist lossis neo-classicist." Txawm hais tias nws yog Jazz Fest hauv Grant chaw ua si, ua si nrog Chicago Symphony Orchestra, txhais cov jazz du ntawm cov ntaub ntawv thiab xov tooj cua lossis 25 xyoo uas nws tau siv coj Jazz ntawm Ravinia, Lewis tau ua pov thawj hmo ntuj tom qab tias nws yog Chicago txiv leej tub. Nws tsis yog qhov yooj yim uas nws xaiv tsis tawm Chicago, nws yog qhov uas nws tau nqis peev ntau hauv lub neej hauv nroog.

Raws li Sun-Times, Lewis rov qab mus rau nws lub tsev kawm qib siab tsis tu ncua los ua. Ntxiv rau Maurice White, thiab Verdine White (ob leeg ntawm Lub Ntiaj Teb Cua thiab Hluav Taws), Lewis txhawb nqa lub nroog uas muaj suab paj nruag. Koj tsis tuaj yeem pov lub nruas hauv Chicago yam tsis muaj nws ntaus tus kws ntaus nkauj uas tau qhia los ntawm, ua si nrog lossis txhawb nqa los ntawm Lewis. Nws lub tsev kawm ntawv qib qis, Jenner theem pib, tau nyob hauv tus duab ntxoov ntxoo ntawm qhov tsis zoo Cabrini Green vaj tsev project. Cabrini Green tau ploj mus. Txij li thaum xyoo 1980, ze li ib feem peb ntawm cov neeg Dub ntawm Chicago tau tawm mus (kuv tus kheej suav nrog), raws li cov Tsev kawm ntawv ntawm Illinois Chicago. Nws sawv cev rau qhov kev cia siab tias qhov ua tau zoo siab uas yog Dub Chicago ntawm nws qhov siab.

Kuv xav tib yam txog Ramsey Lewis txoj kev tuag zoo li thaum twg Ebony thiab dav hlau kaw, thaum Gardners muag Soft Sheen lossis thaum Johnsons muag Afro-Sheen. Lub ntiaj teb no tau poob ib tug kws ntaus nkauj. Chicago poob ib tug txiv neej Chicago. Tsis yog ib tug neeg paub qhov twg yuav tau nqaij npuas noj 2 teev sawv ntxov los yuav ua li cas kom tsis txhob poob rau hauv pedway.

Ib tug txiv neej Chicago siv nws daim duab, npau taws, lub zog thiab kev hlub los txhim kho lub neej hauv nroog. Los ntawm Highland Park mus rau Petrillo Band Plhaub mus rau Jackson Highlands mus rau 87th Stony Island thiab dhau mus, Ramsey Lewis sawv cev rau esprit de Chicago. Yog tias nws txoj kev koom tes ib leeg yog nws lub suab paj nruag, nws yuav yog cov lus dab neeg, tab sis ntau ntawm nws txoj haujlwm thiab lub neej tau siv los ua kom lub neej hauv nroog zoo dua. Musicians tau quaj ntsuag los ntawm lawv cov kiv cua. Ramsey Lewis lub npe yuav raug sau nrog cov npe xws li Thelonius Monk, Art Tatum, Oscar Peterson. Hauv Chicago Lewis lub npe yuav koom nrog cov npe ntawm Chicagoans zoo li Dusable, DePriest, thiab Daley. Nws yog ib tug neeg ntaus suab paj nruag zoo tab sis ib tug me nyuam tub hauv zos, ib tug txiv neej Chicago tiag.