Good morning! With many of us in the depths of winter weather, I thought we’d kick the week off with something nice & sunny.
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Lewis signed on with The Clefs. Problem was, he didn’t know how to play jazz. At the first rehearsal, Lewis recalls, “Wallace said, ‘give me an intro to a B-Flat blues. “I said I don’t know the blues.’ He said, ‘OK, let’s play ‘How High the Moon.’ I said, ‘I don’t know How High the Moon.’ He said, ‘Go sit over there,’ and he took me home to my parents.”
Read more about Ramsey Lewis here.
“Wade In The Water” by Ramsey Lewis | Wade In The Water, 1966
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Kevin—
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It's just like you've described it - nice & sunny ☀️ Thanks for this dose of positive energy. I've reeeeeaaaaally needed it. Today is awfully grey in my part of the world.