Upendo Ni Pamoja

Upendo Ni Pamoja
Studio album by
Ramsey Lewis
Released1972
Recorded1972
GenreJazz
LabelColumbia
KC 31096
ProducerRamsey Lewis
Ramsey Lewis chronology
Back to the Roots
(1971) 		Upendo Ni Pamoja
(1972) 		Funky Serenity
(1973)

Upendo Ni Pamoja is an album by the pianist Ramsey Lewis, recorded in 1972. It was his first release for the Columbia label, after a decade with Chess Records in Chicago.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[4]

Jason Elias of AllMusic stated, "The problem with this is that few tracks stay with the listener. This is a cut or two away from being truly essential".[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Ramsey Lewis except as indicated

  1. "Slipping into Darkness" (Papa Dee Allen, Harold Brown, B.B. Dickerson, Lonnie Jordan, Charles Miller, Lee Oskar, Howard E. Scott) - 6:15
  2. "People Make the World Go Round" (Thom Bell, Linda Creed) - 4:51
  3. "Please Send Me Someone to Love" (Percy Mayfield) - 4:33
  4. "Got to Be There" (Elliot Willensky) - 3:03
  5. "Concierto de Aranjuez" (Joaquín Rodrigo) - 8:55
  6. "Upendo Ni Pamoja (Love Is Together)" (Eddie Green) - 7:22
  7. "Trilogy: Morning/The Nite Before/Eteral Peace" (Cleveland Eaton) - 8:46
  8. "Put Your Hand in the Hand" (Gene MacLellan) - 3:52
  9. "Collage" (Eddie Green) - 6:32

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Ramsey Lewis discography accessed October 18, 2012
  2. ^ a b Elias, Jason. Ramsey Lewis - Upendo Ni Pamoja. Allmusic. accessed October 18, 2012
  3. ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 5. MUZE. p. 214.
  4. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 888. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.