Album guide
Bach to the Blues
- Composers
- Rimsky-Korsakov; Rachmaninoff; J.S. Bach; Tchaikovsky; Brahms
- Released
- 1964
- Label
- Argo
- Forces
- Piano, Trio
- Personnel
- Ramsey Lewis, Eldee Young, Richard Evans, Isaac ‘Red’ Holt
The album hides all five classical sources behind new titles.
“For the Love of a Princess” comes from Scheherazade, “Misty Days, Lonely Nights” from Rachmaninoff’s Vocalise, and the remaining disguises cover Bach, Tchaikovsky and Brahms.
Lewis recorded it at Chicago’s Ter Mar studio in January 1964 with Eldee Young and Redd Holt.
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The classical side contains only the source pieces used on the album, in album order. The jazz side presents the complete album whenever a dependable copy can be embedded.
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Source works
The album’s complete track listing, with each classical source identified and original compositions marked plainly.
- For the Love of a PrincessRimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, Op. 35: The Young Prince and the Young Princess
- Why Don’t You Do Right?Non-classical source
- Misty Days, Lonely NightsRachmaninoff: Vocalise, Op. 34 No. 14
- Bach to the BluesJ.S. Bach: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 645
- Travel OnNon-classical source
- Dance MystiqueTchaikovsky: The Nutcracker: Arabian Dance
- Sadness Done ComeNon-classical source
- You’ll Love Me YetBrahms: Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90: III
- Peace and TranquilityNon-classical source