Ramsey Lewis And Urban Knights
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Kicking off with Ramsey Lewis soloing on a romantic classical piano piece the stage is set for the complete opposite as the band launch into a muscular version of ‘Tequila Mockingbird’, the light Bossa of ‘The Shape Of My Heart’ follows and features Dee Alexander’s casually delivered vocals while Latin rhythms abound on the upright bass driven ‘Armando’s Rhumba’. Henry Johnson’s decisive guitar playing features on ‘Sharing Her Journey’ with Lewis’ keyboard rumbling through at points, the ethereal ‘I’ll Never Forget You’ again allows Lewis to touch on classical piano while the cover of ‘And I Love Her’ is the Urban Knights at their most polite and polished