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Redd Holt
Isaac "Redd" Holt (born May 16, 1932) is an American jazz and soul music drummer. Early life and education Holt was born in Rosedale, Mississippi, and raised in Chicago. He first began playing drums as a student at Crane High School, where he played in an ensemble with future collaborators Ramsey Lewis and Eldee Young. Holt studied music at the Chicago Musical College and radio and television at Kennedy–King College. Career Holt enlisted in the United States Army in 1955 and was stationed in Germany, where he played with a military band, and upon his return worked with Lewis, alongside Young, from 1956 to 1966, in addition to recording with Earl Bostic and James Moody near the end of the 1950s. In 1966, Young and Holt split with Lewis and formed their own group, Young-Holt Unlimited, which went on to achieve commercial success as an instrumental soul band. After the group's dissolution in 1974 Holt continued on as Redd Holt Unlimited, playing under this name into the 199 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosedale, Mississippi
Rosedale is a city in Bolivar County, Mississippi, Bolivar County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 1,873 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census, down from 2,414 in 2000. Located in an agricultural area, the city had a stop on the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad, which carried many migrants north out of the area in the first half of the 20th century. History Rosedale was settled around 1838 and became one of the two county seats in 1872. This area was developed by European American planters for extensive cotton plantations in the American South, plantations, dependent on slavery in the United States, enslaved laborers. After the American Civil War, Civil War and emancipation, some freedmen managed to clear and buy land in the bottomlands, with many becoming landowners before the end of the nineteenth century. By 1910, a lengthy recession and declining economic and political conditions resulted in most blacks in the state losing their land. They could ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Singapore
Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, bordering the Strait of Malacca to the west, the Singapore Strait to the south, the South China Sea to the east, and the Straits of Johor to the north. The country's territory is composed of one main island, 63 satellite islands and islets, and one outlying islet; the combined area of these has increased by 25% since the country's independence as a result of extensive land reclamation projects. It has the third highest population density in the world. With a multicultural population and recognising the need to respect cultural identities of the major ethnic groups within the nation, Singapore has four official languages: English, Malay, Mandarin, and Tamil. English is the lingua franca and numerous public services are available only in Eng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bossa Nova (Ramsey Lewis Album)
''Bossa Nova'' is an album of Bossa nova compositions by Ramsey Lewis' Trio featuring tracks recorded in 1962 and released on the Argo label. accessed October 9, 2012 Reception awarded the album 4 stars stating "the Ramsey Lewis Trio embraced the sunkissed Rio groove to create one of its most unusual and engaging LPs".Ankeney, JAllmusic Review accessed October 9, 2012 Track listing # "Samba de Orpheus" ( |
Country Meets The Blues
''Country Meets the Blues'' is an album of jazz interpretations of country music and blues tunes performed by the Ramsey Lewis' Trio which was recorded in 1962 and released on the Argo label. accessed October 9, 2012 Reception awarded the album 4 stars.Allmusic Reviewaccessed October 9, 2012 Track listing # "" ( |
The Sound Of Spring
''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. 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" (, Tommy Wolf) - 4:25 # "Blue Spring" - 3:00 # "" ( |
Never On Sunday (album)
''Never on Sunday'' is an album by Ramsey Lewis' Trio featuring tracks recorded in 1961 and released on the Argo label. accessed October 8, 2012 Reception awarded the album 3 stars stating "Pianist Ramsey Lewis, bassist Eldee Young, and drummer Red Holt had one of the most popular groups in jazz of the era, playing soulful and melodic versions of standards that were both swinging and accessible".Yanow, SAllmusic Review accessed October 8, 2012 Track listing # "The Ripper" (Ramsey Lewis) - 2:00 ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sound Of Christmas
''Sound of Christmas'' is an album of Christmas music by the Ramsey Lewis Trio, recorded in 1961 and released on the Argo label. The album rose to No. 8 on the Billboard Christmas LPs chart. Lewis recorded a second seasonal album, '' More Sounds of Christmas'', in 1964. Reception AllMusic stated: "This is a pleasing, if rather brief (29 minutes) Christmas jazz album that was originally quite popular... fun and melodic, if not all that unique".Yanow, SAllMusic Reviewaccessed October 8, 2012 Track listing # "Merry Christmas Baby" (Lou Baxter, Johnny Moore) - 4:04 # "Winter Wonderland" (Felix Bernard, Richard B. Smith) - 2:11 # "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" (J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie) - 2:25 # "Christmas Blues" (Skitch Henderson, Ramsey Lewis) - 2:50 # "Here Comes Santa Claus" (Gene Autry, Oakley Haldeman) - 2:41 # "The Sound of Christmas" (Riley Hampton, Lewis) - 2:22 # "The Christmas Song" (Mel Tormé, Robert Wells) - 3:18 # "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" (Traditional) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
More Music From The Soil
''More Music from the Soil'' is an album by Ramsey Lewis' Trio featuring tracks recorded in 1961 and released on the Argo label. accessed October 8, 2012 Reception awarded the album 3 stars stating "This is a typically enjoyable and accessible early Ramsey Lewis Trio recording".Yanow, SAllmusic Review accessed October 8, 2012 Track listing ''All compositions by Ramsey Lewis, Eldee Young and Isaac "Red" Holt except as indicated'' # " |
Stretching Out
''Stretching Out'' is an album by Ramsey Lewis' Trio featuring tracks recorded in 1960 and released on the Argo label. accessed October 8, 2012 Reception awarded the album 4 stars calling it "among Lewis' strongest from the jazz standpoint, balancing a commercial emphasis on melody with jazz improvising and swinging".Yanow, SAllmusic Review accessed October 8, 2012 Track listing ''All compositions by Ramsey Lewis, Eldee Young and Isaac "Red" Holt except as indicated'' # " |
The Ramsey Lewis Trio In Chicago
''The Ramsey Lewis Trio in Chicago'' is a live album by Ramsey Lewis Trio, recorded in 1960 and released on the Argo label. accessed October 8, 2012 Reception wrote: "One of pianist Ramsey Lewis' most satisfying jazz albums of his pre-''The In Crowd'' days... The trio stretches out a little more during the live date than they did in the studio, and they seem inspired by the audience".Yanow, SAllMusic Review accessed October 8, 2012 Track listing # " |
An Hour With The Ramsey Lewis Trio
''An Hour with the Ramsey Lewis Trio'' is an album by Ramsey Lewis' Trio, recorded in 1959 and released on the Argo label. accessed October 8, 2012 Track listing # " Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise" (, ) - 7:38 # "" (Traditional) - 2:38 # ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lem Winchester And The Ramsey Lewis Trio
''Lem Winchester and the Ramsey Lewis Trio'' (subtitled ''Perform a Tribute to Clifford Brown'') is the debut album by American jazz vibraphonist Lem Winchester and the third album by Ramsey Lewis' Trio featuring tracks associated with trumpeter Clifford Brown recorded in 1958 and released on the Argo label. accessed September 19, 2012 Reception awarded the album 4 stars stating: "A good example of Ramsey Lewis' original piano style, the little-known set is actually excellent and would be easily recommended to straight-ahead jazz fans if it could be found".Yanow, S[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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