Simple Pleasures is a studio album by American jazz artists Ramsey Lewis and Nancy Wilson released in 2003 on Narada Records. The album reached No. 9 on the Billboard Top Jazz Albums chart.[1][2]
Critical reception
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
Jonathan Widran of AllMusic noted "Simple Pleasures features both vocals and instrumentals with a wide range of dynamics, from his romantic but too subtle piano melody on 'In My Life,' to Wilson's fiery belting over a sea of snazzy horns on 'Give Me Something Real.' It's great to hear her let loose, but the slower, sensual side of her vocal prowess (on tunes like 'Lost Up in Loving You') is even more inviting."[3]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "In the Name of Love" | Ralph MacDonald, William Salter | 4:29 |
| 2. | "Slipping into Darkness" | Thomas Sylvester Allen, Harold Brown, Morris "B.B." Dickerson, Lonnie Jordan, Charles Miller, Lee Oskar, Howard Scott, Ramsey Lewis, Nancy Wilson | 6:04 |
| 3. | "All This Love" | El DeBarge | 5:06 |
| 4. | "In My Life" | John Lennon, Paul McCartney | 6:40 |
| 5. | "Give Me Something Real" | Clark Anderson Edwin, Warren Mervyn | 4:00 |
| 6. | "Lost up in Loving You" | Kenny Rankin, Yvonne Rankin | 3:18 |
| 7. | "Ooh Child" | Stan Vincent | 4:51 |
| 8. | "One True Thing" | Ramsey Lewis | 5:58 |
| 9. | "God Bless the Child" | Billie Holiday, Arthur Herzog, Jr. | 6:12 |
| 10. | "Gentle Persuasion" | Ramsey Lewis | 8:00 |
Credits
- Acoustic bass – Larry Gray
- Arranged by Larry Gray
- Horns arrangement by – Llew Mathews
- Co-producer [Production Assistant] – Doug Johnson
- Concert Grand Piano [Steinway] – Ramsey Lewis
- Design – Connie Gage
- Drums, Percussion – Leon Joyce, Jr
- Electric bass – Larry Gray
- Assistant engineers – Azoulas Sinkevicius, Brian Pinke, Eddie Davis
- Guitar – Henry Johnson
- Electric keyboards – Llew Mathews
- Mastered by Trevor Sadler
- Percussion – Alejo Poveda
- Photography – Robert Kessler
- Producer – Ramsey Lewis
- Additional recording by Matt LeJeune
- Recorded and mixed by Danny Leake
- Tenor saxophone, flute – Steve Eisen
- Trombone – Tracy Kirk
- Trumpet – Orbert Davis
- Vocals – Nancy Wilson
References
- ^ Ramsey Lewis & Nancy Wilson: Simple Pleasures. Narada Records. 2003.
- ^ "Ramsey Lewis – Awards". AllMusic. Archived from the original on November 3, 2013. Retrieved September 13, 2022.
- ^ a b Widran, Jonathan. "Ramsey Lewis & Nancy Wilson: Simple Pleasures". AllMusic. Retrieved March 26, 2025.
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