[The Beatles] have a catalog of songs that can stand up as standards that are fun to play and fun to solo on. —Ramsey Lewis The late, legendary pianist Ramsey Lewis offers an intimate, familiar affair ...

Ramsey Lewis, the pianist whose recordings made him a legend in the world of jazz and a wellspring of inspiration for Hip-Hop artists, has passed away at the age of 87. According to reports, Lewis ...

Ramsey Lewis, a pianist who sustained connections between jazz and popular music at a time when those bonds often seemed fragile and imperiled, died on Monday in Chicago, his hometown. He was 87. His ...

This week the world of jazz lost one of its last great proselytizers. Ramsey Lewis' death at 87 doesn’t just mark an end for a man but in many ways also marks the end of an era for music and for his ...

When jazz giant Ramsey Lewis greeted his Atlanta friend, pianist Joe Alterman on a phone call, he invariably started with the same proclamation, usually spoken twice: “Life is good! Life is GOOD!” ...

Chicago — Renowned jazz pianist Ramsey Lewis, whose music entertained fans over a more than 60-year career that began with the Ramsey Lewis Trio and made him one of the country’s most successful jazz ...

Ramsey Lewis, a pianist who sustained connections between jazz and popular music at a time when those bonds often seemed fragile and imperiled, died on Monday in Chicago, his hometown. He was 87. His ...