Tequila Mockingbird
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{{Infobox album
| name = Tequila Mockingbird
| type = studio
| artist = Ramsey Lewis
| cover = Tequila Mockingbird.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|1977}}
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio = Burbank Studios, Burbank, CA
Sunset Sound Recording, Hollywood, CA, CA
Wally Heider Studios, Hollywood, CA, CA
| genre = Jazz
| length = 38:45
| label = Columbia
| producer = Bert DeCouteaux, Larry Dunn
| prev_title = Love Notes
| prev_year = 1977
| next_title = Legacy
| next_year = 1978
}}
{{Album ratings
|rev1 = AllMusic
|rev1Score = {{Rating|2|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/tequila-mockingbird-mw0000188324|title=Ramsey Lewis: Tequila Mockingbird|author=Elias, Jason|publisher=Allmusic|website=allmusic.com}}
|rev2 = Cashbox
|rev2Score = (favourable){{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/details/cashbox39unse_28|title=Jazz Album Picks|page=[https://archive.org/details/cashbox39unse_28/page/36 36]|issue=28|volume=39|date=December 10, 1977|publisher=Cashbox|website=archive.org}}
|rev3 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide
|rev3score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite book |title=The Rolling Stone Album Guide |date=1992 |publisher=Random House |page=424}}
|rev4 = Variety
|rev4Score = (favourable){{cite magazine |title=Music-Records: ELP, Cooper, Players, Wynne, Ramones, Trammps, Preston, Garrett, Chic, Roberts Top LPs |page=72 |issue=6 |volume=289 |date=December 14, 1977 |magazine=Variety |id={{ProQuest|1401322413}} }}
}}
Tequila Mockingbird is an album by the American jazz pianist Ramsey Lewis, released in 1977 on Columbia Records.{{cite work|title=Ramsey Lewis: Tequila Mockingbird|date=1977|publisher=Columbia Records}} The album peaked at No. 3 on the US Billboard Top Jazz Albums chart.{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103012013/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/ramsey-lewis-mn0000334770/awards|title=Ramsey Lewis: Billboard Charts (Archived)|publisher=AllMusic|via=archive.org|access-date=January 3, 2025}}
Overview
Tequila Mockingbird was produced by both Larry Dunn of Earth, Wind & Fire and Bert DeCouteaux. Artists such as Ronnie Laws, Eddie Del Barrio and Ernie Watts featured on the album. As well E,W&F's Philip Bailey, Verdine White, Al McKay, Fred White and Johnny Graham made guest appearances.{{Cite web|url=http://ukvibe.org/album_reviews/ramsey-lewis-4/|title=Ramsey Lewis 'Don't It Feel Good' / 'Sãlongo' / 'Tequila Mockingbird' / 'Love Notes' 2CD (BGO) 4/5|date=2018-07-03|website=UK Vibe|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-11-05}}
Skippin' was later covered by both Victor Feldman and The Bill Watrous Combo feat. Danny Stiles.{{cite web|url=https://secondhandsongs.com/performance/979464/versions|title=Skippin' by Ramsey Lewis|publisher=secondhandsongs.com|access-date=January 3, 2025}}
Track listing
{{Tracklist
| title1 = Tequila Mockingbird
| writer1=Larry Dunn
| length1 = 5:22
| title2 = Wandering Rose
| writer2 = Neal Creque
| length2 = 5:41
| title3 = Skippin'
| writer3 = Victor Feldman
| length3 = 3:08
| title4 = My Angel's Smile
| writer4 = Maure Stewart
| length4 = 5:18
| title5 = Camino El Bueno
| writer5 =
| length5 = 3:53
| title6 = Caring For You
| writer6 =
| length6 = 5:31
| title7 = Intimacy
| writer7 =
| length7 = 6:00
| title8 = That Ole Bach Magic
| writer8 = Eddie del Barrio, Larry Dunn
| length8 = 3:12
| all_writing =
| total_length =
}}
Personnel
- Ramsey Lewis - piano (all tracks), harpsichord (all tracks), Fender Rhodes (all tracks), Mini-Moog (all tracks), rhythm tracks (2, 4–7)
- Larry Dunn - keyboards and synthesizer programming (1, 8)
- Verdine White - bass (1, 3, 8)
- Leon Ndugu Chancler - drums and timbales (1, 8)
- Philip Bailey - percussion (1), congas (3, 8)
- Al McKay - guitar (1, 3, 8)
- Ronnie Laws - soprano saxophone (1)
- Eddie Del Barrio - horn arrangements (1, 3, 8), horn conductor (1, 3, 8), electric piano (8)
- George Del Barrio - string conductor (1, 3, 8)
- Paul Shure - concertmaster (1, 3, 8)
- Ernie Watts - saxophone (1, 3, 8)
- Buzz Brauner - flute (2, 3), piccolo (4, 5)
- George Bohanon - trombone (1, 3, 8)
- Oscar Brashear - trumpet (1, 3, 8)
- Bert DeCoteaux - rhythm tracks, string and horn arrangements (2, 4–7)
- Keith Howard - drums (2, 4–7)
- Byron Gregory - electric guitar (2, 4–7)
- Derf Reklaw-Raheem - percussion (2, 4–7)
- Fred White - drums (3)
- Victor Feldman - electric piano (3), percussion (3)
- Ron Harris - bass (4–7)
- Johnny Graham - guitar (8)
Produced by Larry Dunn (1, 3, 8) and Bert DeCoteaux (2, 4–7)
Mixed by Jack Rouben & Robert Fernandez (1, 3, 8) and Edward Sprigg & Michael Ruffo (2, 4–7)
Recording by Paul Serrano (2, 4–7)
Mastered by Ray Janos
Charts
| class="wikitable" |
| Chart
! Peak |
|---|
| US Billboard Best Selling Jazz LPs
| align="center"|3 |
| US Billboard Top LPs
| align="center"|111 |
References
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