The Ramsey Lewis Trio News

Guest blogger Walton Muyumba is a University of North Texas professor who teaches classes on blues, jazz and American literature.

October 29, 2009 from KPLU - In 1965, Chicago jazz pianist Ramsey Lewis had a hit record, "The In Crowd" by The Ramsey Lewis Trio, featuring drummer Redd Holt and bassist Eldee Young.

Composer and pianist Ramsey Lewis has been referred to as a oethe great performer', a title reflecting his performance style and musical selections which display his early gospel playing and classical training along with his love of jazz and other musical forms.

Down near New Orleans, boat pilots trained in the winding ways of the Mississippi climb aboard tugboats to guide them through treacherous waters.

The mellow sounds and syncopated rhythms of jazz will fill the streets of downtown Fort Collins during the second annual A Fort Collins Jazz Experience on Tuesday, July 7, through Saturday, July 11.

The Ramsey Lewis Trio will open Aurora University's ninth annual Music by Lake series at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, June 27, at The Ferro Pavilion at George Williams College of Aurora University, located on the shores of Geneva Lake in Williams Bay, Wis.