Saturday, December 10, 2022

Around The Clock Saturday-Part 22

Gettin' late. Do you know where your Christmas music is? Why, it's right here, of course. This is The Ramsey Lewis Trio with Mary's Boy Child (Cadet 7" 45 RPM 5662, Stereo, 1970), a single that's been lost to time. Ramsey released two classic Christmas albums back in the day, and I think those have both seen the light of digital day at some point in the past few years, but this single is still pretty unknown and unavailable. But now you know about it, so enjoy! (You'd think they would get the writer's name correct here, but no. It's Hairston, not Jairston...)

MEGA

Posted by Ernie at 12/10/2022 09:00:00 PM

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  1. Musicman1979Tuesday, January 17, 2023 3:51:00 PM

    Very good and radically different version of this tune--way better than Harry Belafonte's vocal version in my opinion! Ramsey sprinkled in a lot of Jazz improvisation into his solos to make this version stand out from the hundreds of others. Also glad that you got to feature some Ramsey this past Christmas season, being that he passed away in September of 2022. This one was totally new to me, and it is really good! Thanks for sharing.

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    1. ErnieWednesday, January 18, 2023 6:43:00 AM

      It's a good bonus track for the two full albums, and with a different trio, I believe, than those albums.

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