FILE - Jazz pianist and composer
Ramsey Lewis describes his composing methods during an interview
at his home in Chicago, April 5, 2011. Renowned jazz pianist
Lewis, whose music entertained fans over a more than 60-year
career that began with the Ramsey Lewis Trio and made him one
of the country’s most successful jazz musicians, died Monday,
Sept. 12, 2022. He was 87. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)
CHICAGO - Renowned jazz pianist Ramsey
Lewis, whose music entertained fans over a more than 60-year
career that began with the Ramsey Lewis Trio and made him one
of the country’s most successful jazz musicians, has died. He
was 87.
Lewis is revered in jazz circles for
1960s hits like “The ‘In’ Crowd,” “Hang on Sloopy” and “Wade
in the Water.” He earned three Grammy awards and seven gold
records. The trio’s first record in 1956 was “Ramsey Lewis and
the Gentlemen of Swing.”
Lewis died Monday in his sleep at his
Chicago home, according to his son, Bobby Lewis.
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