Funky Serenity

1973 studio album by Ramsey Lewis From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Funky Serenity is an album by the pianist Ramsey Lewis, released in 1973 on Columbia Records. The album reached No. 6 on the Billboard Jazz Albums chart.[1]

ReleasedJanuary 30, 1973
RecordedOctober 1972
Length48:07
Quick facts Studio album by Ramsey Lewis, Released ...
Funky Serenity
Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 30, 1973
RecordedOctober 1972
GenreJazz
Length48:07
LabelColumbia
KC 32030
ProducerRamsey Lewis
Ramsey Lewis chronology
Upendo Ni Pamoja
(1972)
Funky Serenity
(1973)
Ramsey Lewis' Newly Recorded All-Time Non-Stop Golden Hits
(1973)
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Reception

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AllMusicStarStarStarStar[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz RecordingsStarStar[3]
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Andrew Hamilton of AllMusic called the album "enjoyable and essential".[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Cleveland Eaton, Morris Jennings and Ramsey Lewis except as indicated

  1. "Kufanya Mapenzi (Making Love)" (Eddie Green) - 5:17
  2. "(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right" (Homer Banks, Carl Hampton, Raymond Jackson) – 5:24
  3. "What It Is!" – 2:41
  4. "My Love for You" (Green) – 5:14
  5. "Nights in White Satin" (Justin Hayward) – 5:36
  6. "Serene Funk" – 4:11
  7. "Dreams" – 9:39
  8. "Betcha by Golly, Wow" (Thom Bell, Linda Creed) – 5:09
  9. "Where Is the Love" (Ralph MacDonald, William Salter) – 4:56

Personnel

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