More Music from the Soil

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More Music from the Soil
Studio album by
Released1961
RecordedFebruary 16 & 17, 1961
StudioTer-Mar Recording Studios, Chicago
GenreJazz
Length41:56
LabelArgo
LP 680
ProducerJack Tracy
Ramsey Lewis chronology
The Ramsey Lewis Trio in Chicago
(1960)
More Music from the Soil
(1961)
Never on Sunday
(1961)

More Music from the Soil is an album by Ramsey Lewis' Trio featuring tracks recorded in 1961 and released on the Argo label.[1]

Reception[edit]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]

Horace Silver, commenting for DownBeat magazine in 1961, said that the piano was badly out of tune and compared Lewis's playing unfavorably with that of Ahmad Jamal.[3] AllMusic awarded the album 3 stars stating "This is a typically enjoyable and accessible early Ramsey Lewis Trio recording".[2]

Track listing[edit]

All compositions by Ramsey Lewis, Eldee Young and Isaac "Red" Holt except as indicated

  1. "Around the World in 80 Days" (Victor Young) - 3:36
  2. "Since I Fell for You" (Buddy Johnson) - 3:56
  3. "Hello Cello!" - 3:17
  4. "I'll Wait for Your Love" (Elizabeth Davis, Robert Head) - 4:34
  5. "Volga Boatmen" (Traditional) - 3:24
  6. "Blues for the Night Owl" (Sonny Thompson) - 8:05
  7. "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" (Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern) - 2:45
  8. "Autumn in New York" (Vernon Duke) - 4:18
  9. "Gonna Set Your Soul on Fire" - 2:01

Personnel[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Argo Records discography accessed October 8, 2012
  2. ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed October 8, 2012
  3. ^ Feather, Leonard (September 28, 1961). "The Blindfold Test: Horace Silver". DownBeat. Vol. 28, no. 20. p. 45.