AARP Radio: Ramsey Lewis
By: Mike Cuthbert | 2008-07-29
Prime Time Radio's Mike Cuthbert sits down with jazz legend Ramsey Lewis.
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Lewis began taking piano lessons at age four. He was 15 when he learned jazz by playing in Wallace Burton's band, then captivated fans in 1956 with his trio's first album, Ramsey Lewis and the Gentlemen of Swing. AARP is sponsoring his 2008 "Ramsey Lewis and the Legends of Jazz" tour. Lewis also hosts a jazz program on PBS, as well as the nationally syndicated morning drive-time "Ramsey Lewis Morning Show." He is artistic director of the Ravinia Festival and helped organize its jazz mentor program. He also serves on the board of Chicago's Merit School of Music.
Lewis began taking piano lessons at age four. He was 15 when he learned jazz by playing in Wallace Burton's band, then captivated fans in 1956 with his trio's first album, Ramsey Lewis and the Gentlemen of Swing. AARP is sponsoring his 2008 "Ramsey Lewis and the Legends of Jazz" tour. Lewis also hosts a jazz program on PBS, as well as the nationally syndicated morning drive-time "Ramsey Lewis Morning Show." He is artistic director of the Ravinia Festival and helped organize its jazz mentor program. He also serves on the board of Chicago's Merit School of Music.
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