Reviews

Twenty-four years have passed between the release of the first, self-titled Urban Knights album and the group’s latest recording, VII. The project began as an all-star collective, featuring fusion masters like Victor Bailey alongside voices from the smoother jazz vanguard like Grover Washington, Jr. and dexterous veterans like trumpeter Freddie Hubbard and pianist Ramsey Lewis. … Read More

To access this content, you must purchase JazzTimes Membership.

Ramsey Lewis & Urban Knights: VII (Ropeadope)

To access this content, you must purchase JazzTimes Membership.

Ramsey Lewis: Taking Another Look–Deluxe Edition

Back in the mid- to late ’60s, when he was in with the in crowd, Ramsey Lewis, first with his trio and then on his own, was the rare jazz artist to place a number of both singles and albums in the upper reaches of the Billboard charts, largely on the strength of sunny, accessible … Read More

To access this content, you must purchase JazzTimes Membership.