Back to the Roots (Ramsey Lewis album)

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Released1971
Recorded1971
GenreJazz
LabelCadet
CA-60001
Back to the Roots
Studio album by
Ramsey Lewis
Released1971
Recorded1971
GenreJazz
LabelCadet
CA-60001
ProducerRamsey Lewis, Esmond Edwards
Ramsey Lewis chronology
Them Changes
(1970)		 Back to the Roots
(1971)		 The Groover
(1972)

Back to the Roots is a studio album by jazz pianist Ramsey Lewis which was released in 1971 on Cadet Records.[1] The album peaked at No. 3 on the US Billboard Best Selling Jazz LPs and No. 25 on the US Billboard Best Selling Soul LP's charts.[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]

AllMusic gave a 2/5 stars rating of the album.[3]

Track listing

  1. "Candida" (Irwin Levine, Toni Wine) - 2:59
  2. "We've Only Just Begun" (Paul Williams, Roger Nichols) - 3:58
  3. "Back to the Roots" (Cleveland Eaton, Morris Jennings, Ramsey Lewis) - 3:02
  4. "Love Now On" (Eaton) - 5:07
  5. "The Fool on the Hill" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) - 6:05
  6. "Since I Fell for You" (Buddy Johnson) - 3:03
  7. "Up in Yonder" (Eaton) - 4:37
  8. "Crescent Noon" (John Bettis, Richard Carpenter) - 4:33
  9. "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" (Bob Russell, Bobby Scott) - 7:02

Personnel

Charts

References

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