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Jazz & Blues

Jazz legend Ramsey Lewis releases 80th album

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Ramsey Lewis photographed during a studio session at KPLU in 2009.

Three-time Grammy winner Ramsey Lewis, who rose to prominence in the early 1970′s, released his 80th album, Ramsey, Taking Another Look today with his Electric Band.

“The idea of the electric quintet came up and having played mostly in an acoustic trio arrangement for twelve-fifteen years, I decided to get together with the guys to see how it felt," Lewis said.

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