Ramsey Lewis
- MatchRamsey Lewis
- 95%Les McCann
- 91%Crusaders
- 91%The Crusaders
- 85%Lonnie Liston Smith
- 79%Bobbi Humphrey
- 74%Oscar Peterson
- 72%Bob James
- 72%George Duke
- 71%Roy Ayers
- 69%Jimmy Smith
Biography
Ramsey Emmanuel Lewis, 27 May 1935, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Lewis started playing piano at the age of six. He graduated from school in 1948, after winning both the American Legion Award as an outstanding scholar and a special award for piano services at the Edward Jenner Elementary School. He began his career as an accompanist at the Zion Hill Baptist Church, an experience of gospel that never left him. He later studied music at Chicago Music College with the idea of becoming a concert pianist,... Read more