The Sound of Spring
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{{Infobox album
| name = The Sound of Spring
| type = Studio
| artist = Ramsey Lewis Trio
| cover = The Sound of Spring.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1962
| recorded = February 14 & 15, 1962
| venue =
| studio = United Recordings Studio, Hollywood, California
| genre = Jazz
| length =
| label = Argo
LP 693
| producer = Leonard Chess, Ruth Brown
| chronology = Ramsey Lewis
| prev_title = Sound of Christmas
| prev_year = 1961
| next_title = Country Meets the Blues
| next_year = 1962
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev2 = DownBeat
| rev2Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}DownBeat:September 27, 1962 Vol. 29, No.25
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{rating|2|5}}[http://www.allmusic.com/album/sound-of-spring-mw0000902083 AllMusic Review] accessed October 9, 2012
|rev3 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
|rev3score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2006 |publisher=MUZE |volume=5 |page=214}}
}}
The Sound of Spring is an album of compositions related to springtime by the Ramsey Lewis Trio, recorded in 1962 and released on the Argo label.[http://www.bsnpubs.com/chess/argo600.html Argo Records discography] accessed October 9, 2012
Track listing
All compositions by Ramsey Lewis except as indicated
- "Sound of Spring" - 2:30
- "Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most" (Fran Landesman, Tommy Wolf) - 4:25
- "Blue Spring" - 3:00
- "Spring Is Here" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 4:22
- "Spring Will Be a Little Late This Year" (Frank Loesser) - 2:43
- "Spring Fever" - 2:35
- "It Might As Well Be Spring" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Rogers) - 3:52
- "Soft Winds" (Benny Goodman, Fletcher Henderson) - 3:10
- "There'll Be Another Spring" (Peggy Lee, Hubie Wheeler) - 2:30
- "Truly, Truly Spring" (Eldee Young) - 3:27
Personnel
- Ramsey Lewis - piano
- El Dee Young - bass
- Issac "Red" Holt - drums
- String section arranged and conducted by Riley Hampton (tracks 1–5)
References
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