The In Crowd (Ramsey Lewis album)

The In Crowd is a live album by the Ramsey Lewis Trio, recorded in 1965 at the Bohemian Caverns nightclub in Washington D.C. and released on the Argo label.[1]

The In Crowd
Live album by
Ramsey Lewis Trio
Released1965
RecordedMay 13, 14 & 15, 1965
VenueBohemian Caverns, Washington D.C.
GenreJazz
Length32:09
LabelArgo
LP 757
ProducerEsmond Edwards
Ramsey Lewis chronology
You Better Believe Me
(1964-65)		 The In Crowd
(1965)		 Hang On Ramsey!
(1965)

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[4]

The album provided Lewis with his biggest hit reaching the top position on the Billboard R&B Chart and No. 2 on their top 200 albums chart in 1965 and the single, "The 'In' Crowd" reaching No. 2 on the R&B Chart and No. 5 on the Hot 100 singles chart in the same year.[5] The album also received a Grammy Award in 1966 for Best Instrumental Jazz Performance by an Individual or Group and the single was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2009.[6]

AllMusic stated that "this is the moment where Lewis shined the brightest, the 'in crowd' at the club was verbally into it, and the time for this music was right".[2]

Track listing
  1. "The 'In' Crowd" (Billy Page) - 5:50
  2. "Since I Fell for You" (Buddy Johnson) - 4:06
  3. "Tennessee Waltz" (Pee Wee King, Redd Stewart) - 5:02
  4. "You Been Talkin' 'Bout Me Baby" (Gale Garnett, Ray Rivers) - 3:01
  5. "Spartacus (Love Theme from)" (Alex North) - 7:17
  6. "Felicidade (Happiness)" (Antônio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes) - 3:29
  7. "Come Sunday" (Duke Ellington) - 4:50

Personnel

See also

References
  1. Argo Records discography accessed October 11, 2012
  2. Nastos, M. G. AllMusic Review accessed October 11, 2012
  3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 887. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  4. The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 424.
  5. AllMusic Awards entry, accessed October 11, 2012
  6. Grammy Hall of Fame, accessed October 11, 2012
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