Ramsey Lewis
Sun Goddess (LP)
LabelMusic On VinylGenreJazz & Improvisation
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* 180 gram vinyl* Ramsey Lewis is an American jazz pianist, keyboardist and composer born 1935, Chicago. He has recorded over 80 albums and played with artists like Max Roach, jazz-singer Nancy Wilson and performs with his own trio.
The album Sun Goddess is a soul jazz-funk album, recorded in 1974 and was produced by Maurice White, Teo Macero (who had produced albums by Miles Davis) and Ramsey Lewis himself. The opening track "Sun Goddess" was composed, by Earth, Wind & Fire member Maurice White and featured Philip Bailey on vocals. "Living For The City" was composed by Stevie Wonder, arranged by Ramsey Lewis and "Jungle Strut" is a jazz track melting funk and R&B. Sun Goddess was Ramsey Lewis' biggest success of the decade reaching #1 on the Billboard Black Albums chart, #12 in the Pop chart and has been certified gold, it also featured most of the key players of Earth, Wind & Fire.
Release notes
℗ & © 1974, Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment. 3mm high-gloss card sleeve with resealable protective plastic cover. Sticker on plastic cover reads: Music On Vinyl Classic Album 180 gram audiophile vinyl pressing www.musiconvinyl.com Made in the EU.
| A1 | Sun Goddess | 8:29 | |
| A2 | Living For The City | 5:20 | |
| A3 | Love Song | 5:53 | |
| B1 | Jungle Strut | 4:40 | |
| B2 | Hot Dawgit | 3:00 | |
| B3 | Tambura | 2:53 | |
| B4 | Gemini Rising | 5:50 |
- Richard Evans
- Arranged By [Horn & String Arrangements]
- John Berg
- Design [Cover]
- Dave Antler
- Engineer
- Lester Smith
- Engineer
- Paul Serrano
- Engineer [Recording & Remix]
- David Gahr
- Photography By [Back Cover]
- Herb Breuer
- Photography By [Cover]
- Maurice White
- Producer (A2, B2)
- Ramsey Lewis
- Producer (A2 to B1, B3, B4), Synthesizer [Arp, Arp Ensemble], Piano, Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes, Wurlitzer], Arranged By
- Teo Macero
- Producer (A2 to B1, B3, B4)
