Ivory Pyramid
{{Infobox album
| name = Ivory Pyramid
| type = studio
| artist = Ramsey Lewis
| cover = Ramsey Lewis- Ivory Pyramid.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{start date|1992}}
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Jazz
| length =
| label = GRP
| producer =
- Carl Griffin
- Frayne Lewis
- Ramsey Lewis
| prev_title = Urban Renewal
| prev_year = 1989
| next_title = Sky Islands
| next_year = 1993
}}
Ivory Pyramid is a studio album by American jazz pianist Ramsey Lewis, released in 1992 on GRP Records.{{cite work|title=Ramsey Lewis: Ivory Pyramid|date=1992|publisher=GRP Records}} The album reached No. 7 on the Billboard Contemporary Jazz Albums chart.{{cite web|title=Ramsey Lewis – Awards|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/ramsey-lewis-mn0000334770/awards|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=September 13, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103012013/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/ramsey-lewis-mn0000334770/awards|archive-date=November 3, 2013}}
Critical reception
{{Album ratings
|rev1 = AllMusic
|rev1Score = {{Rating|2|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/ivory-pyramid-mw0000616206 |title=Ramsey Lewis: Ivory Pyramid|website=AllMusic |access-date=June 23, 2020}}
|rev2 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
|rev2Score = {{rating|2|5}}{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2006 |publisher=MUZE |volume=5 |page=214}}
}}
Geoffrey Himes of The Washington Post wrote: "The emphasis is on ballads this time, and Lewis's spare phrases evoke a pretty romanticism fleshed out by his fusion quintet."{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1992/11/20/moderate-swing-to-jazz-pop-pianist/854b0f98-e87f-4766-a38b-74906d703460/ |title=MODERATE SWING TO JAZZ-POP PIANIST |first=Geoffrey |last=Hines |author-link=Geoffrey Himes |date=November 18, 1992|newspaper=Washington Post|access-date=June 23, 2020}}
Track listing
{{Tracklist
|headline = Track listing for Ivory Pyramid
|title1 = Brazilica
|writer1 = Maurice White, Martin Yarborough
|length1 = 5:06
|title2 = People Make the World Go Round
|writer2 = Thom Bell, Linda Creed
|length2 = 5:24
|title3 = Ivory Pyramid
|writer3 = Ramsey Lewis
|length3 = 4:28
|title4 = Sarah Jane
|writer4 = Dave Grusin
|length4 = 4:29
|title5 = Tequila Mockingbird
|writer5 = Larry Dunn
|length5 = 4:42
|title6 = A Night in Bahia
|writer6 = Ramsey Lewis
|length6 = 5:19
|title7 = Malachi (The Messenger)
|writer7 = Ramsey Lewis
|length7 = 4:12
|title8 = Pavanne
|writer8 = Ramsey Lewis
|length8 = 4:22
|title9 = Love's Gotta Hold
|note9 = featuring Liz Withers, Bobby Lewis
|writer9 = Bobby Lewis, Frayne Lewis, Ramsey Lewis
|length9 = 4:30
|title10 = Jackson Park
|writer10 = Frayne Lewis, Ramsey Lewis
|length10 = 4:48
}}
Personnel
- Bass [electric, electric upright] – Charles Webb
- Drums, percussion – Steve Cobb
- Electric guitar, acoustic guitar – Henry Johnson
- Keyboards [electric] – Mike Logan
- Piano – Ramsey Lewis
- Vocals – Abimelec Cruz, Brenda M. Stewart, Elizabeth Withers, Jamie O. Navarro, Jesse Stanford, Kevin C. James, Mario C. Johnson, Morris Stewart, Bobby Lewis, Shannon Tate, Sheila Fuller
- Producers – Carl Griffin, Frayne Lewis, Ramsey Lewis
References
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