Ramsay Lewis make every note count

MAKING EACH NOTE COUNT AS IF YOU WERE ENCOUNTERING IT FOR THE FIRST TIME*

by David James

The Woody Allen film, Irrational Man, a derivative and not especially amusing or insightful attempt to co-opt the themes of Dostoyevsky’s Crime and Punishment, has a distinctive sound track. It is a blues called The In Crowd, played by the Ramsey Lewis trio. (Lewis pictured above)

Lewis’ piano lines in the piece are entirely predictable; they could easily be reproduced, note for note, by many of the software programs on the market. All you would have to do is hit the “…

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