Ramsey Lewis, an inventive jazz pianist and one of the nation’s most respected artists in the genre, died Monday at his home in Chicago, his manager confirmed. He was 87.
Depending on which music pundit you ask, jazz"died" when its 1920s heyday ended. Others believe jazz music lost its luster when the 1960s -- and rock music -- rolled around.
But Ramsey Lewis, an inventive jazz pianist and one of the nation's most respected artists in the genre, continued to find novel ways to keep the genre alive and evolving and, crucially, grow new generations of jazz listeners.Lewis spent nearly 60 years recording and performing original jazz music, striking gold in 1965 with the crossover hit"The 'In' Crowd.
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