We Meet Again

We Meet Again
Studio album by
Ramsey Lewis and Billy Taylor
ReleasedOctober 16, 1989
Recorded1988–89
StudioMaster Sound Studios, Astoria, New York
GenreJazz
Length55:55
LabelColumbia[1]
ProducerGary Schultz, Ramsey Lewis
Ramsey Lewis and Billy Taylor chronology
Classic Encounter
(1988) 		We Meet Again
(1989) 		Urban Renewal
(1989)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[1]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[3]

We Meet Again is a jazz album by American jazz pianist Ramsey Lewis and Billy Taylor, released in 1989.[4][5] Lewis and Taylor duet on songs composed by Taylor, Duke Ellington, Chick Corea, Oscar Peterson, Bill Evans, and Horace Silver, among others.[6]

Critical reception

The Chicago Tribune wrote that "Lewis and Taylor work together elegantly, producing a sound that's big and brassy without being percussive."[7]

Chris Albertson of Stereo Review scribed "Ramsey Lewis's duets with Billy Taylor in "We Meet Again" are well balanced and should appeal to a broad range of tastes. Indeed, while these two pianists continue to pursue individual careers, they seem well on their way to establishing themselves as a team, and their first album together offers a diverse program of compositions by Taylor and fellow pianists John Lewis, Bill Evans, Horace Silver, Denny Zeitlin, Chick Corea, Duke Ellington, and Oscar Peterson.[8][9]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I'm Just a Lucky So and So"Duke Ellington4:36
2."Django"John Lewis6:20
3."Cookin' at the Continental"Horace Silver4:34
4."Somewhere Soon"Billy Taylor5:40
5."We Meet Again"Chick Corea7:39
6."Quiet Now"Denny Zeitlin7:18
7."Soul Sister"Billy Taylor5:15
8."Waltz for Debby"Bill Evans6:53
9."Nigerian Marketplace"Oscar Peterson7:40
Total length:55:55

Personnel

References

  1. ^ a b Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 5. MUZE. p. 214.
  2. ^ Wynn, Ron (2013). "We Meet Again – Ramsey Lewis | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved May 4, 2013.
  3. ^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. pp. 424–425.
  4. ^ "Ramsey Lewis | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  5. ^ "Billy Taylor Hits the Road". Los Angeles Times. March 19, 1989.
  6. ^ "Ramsey Lewis and Billy Taylor: We Meet Again". Stereo Review. 55: 90–91. April 1990.
  7. ^ Reich, Howard (January 28, 1990). "Recordings". Chicago Tribune.
  8. ^ Albertson, Chris (April 1990). "Ramsey Lewis and Billy Taylor: We Meet Again" (PDF). Stereo Review. p. 91.
  9. ^ Albertson, Chris (April 1990). "Ramsey Lewis and Billy Taylor: We Meet Again" (PDF). Stereo Review. p. 90.