The In Crowd (Ramsey Lewis album)


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

Reception

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. 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.
AllMusic awarded the album 4½ stars stating "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".

Track listing

  1. "The 'In' Crowd" - 5:50
  2. "Since I Fell for You" - 4:06
  3. "Tennessee Waltz" - 5:02
  4. "You Been Talkin' 'Bout Me Baby" - 3:01
  5. "Spartacus " - 7:17
  6. "Felicidade " - 3:29
  7. "Come Sunday" - 4:50

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