Sky Islands (Ramsey Lewis album)

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Sky Islands is a 1993 jazz album by Ramsey Lewis released on GRP Records.The album rose to No. 6 on the Billboard Top Contemporary Jazz Albums chart.^[1]^[2]

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Julia"	John Lennon, Paul McCartney	5:18
2.	"Après Vous"	Ramsey Lewis	4:13
3.	"Who Are You?"	Bill Cantos	7:21
4.	"Suavecito"	Ramsey Lewis	4:53
5.	"Tonight"	Frayne Lewis, Robert Lewis, Ramsey Lewis, Mike Logan	5:18
6.	"Sky Islands"	Larry Dunn, Dianne Reeves	4:20
7.	"A Song for Jan"	Ramsey Lewis	4:52
8.	"Medley: Wade in the Water, Hang On Sloopy, The in Crowd"	Wes Farrell, Ramsey Lewis, William Page, Bert Russell	4:55
9.	"Love Will Find a Way"	Greg Phillinganes, Lionel Richie	5:14
10.	"Come Back to Me"	James Harris, Terry Lewis, Janet Jackson	5:18
11.	"Tonight (instrumental)"	Frayne Lewis, Robert Lewis, Ramsey Lewis, Mike Logan	5:18 ^[1]

Personnel

Tony Carpenter - Percussion, Background Vocals
Steve Cobb - Percussion, Drums, Vocals
Eve Cornelious - Background Vocals
Sheila Fuller - Background Vocals
Carl Griffin - Background Vocals
Henry Johnson - Guitar
Ramsey Lewis - Piano, Background Vocals
Robert Lewis - Background Vocals
Michael Logan - Keyboards, Background Vocals
Art Porter - Alto Saxophone
Mark Ruffin - Background Vocals
Brenda Stewart - Background Vocals
Morris Stewart - Background Vocals
Charles Webb - Bass
Chuck Webb - Bass, Upright Bass

Production

Andy Baltimore - Creative Director
Rich Breen - Engineer, Mixing
Sharon Franklin - Production Coordination
Carl Griffin - Producer
Ted Jensen - Mastering
Michael Landy - Post Production
Frayne Lewis - Producer
Ramsey Lewis - Producer
Michael Logan - Associate Producer
Sonny Mediana - Production Director
Larry Rosen - Executive Producer
Dennis Tousana - Assistant Engineer
Maurice White - Producer^[1]

Charts

Year	Chart	Position^[2]
1993	Top Contemporary Jazz Albums	6

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Sky Islands - Overview". allmusic.com. Retrieved 21 June 2009.
^ ^a ^b "Ramsey Lewis: Sky Islands (Jazz Albums)". Billboard.com.

[allmusic-1] "Sky Islands - Overview". allmusic.com. Retrieved 21 June 2009.

[BBD-2] "Ramsey Lewis: Sky Islands (Jazz Albums)". Billboard.com.

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Studio albums	Ramsey Lewis and his Gentle-men of Swing (1956) Ramsey Lewis and his Gentle-men of Jazz (1958) Lem Winchester and the Ramsey Lewis Trio (1958) Down to Earth (1959) An Hour with the Ramsey Lewis Trio (1959) Stretching Out (1960) More Music from the Soil (1961) Never on Sunday (1961) Sound of Christmas (1961) The Sound of Spring (1962) Country Meets the Blues (1962) Bossa Nova (1962) Pot Luck (1963) Barefoot Sunday Blues (1963) Bach to the Blues (1964) More Sounds of Christmas (1964) You Better Believe Me (1964) Wade in the Water (1966) The Movie Album (1966) Goin' Latin (1967) Up Pops Ramsey Lewis (1967) Maiden Voyage (1968) Mother Nature's Son (1968) Another Voyage (1969) The Piano Player (1969) Back to the Roots (1971) Upendo Ni Pamoja (1972) Funky Serenity (1973) Ramsey Lewis' Newly Recorded All-Time Non-Stop Golden Hits (1973) Solar Wind (1974) Sun Goddess (1974) Don't It Feel Good (1975) Salongo (1976) Love Notes (1977) Tequila Mockingbird (1977) Legacy (1978) Routes (1980) Chance Encounter (1982) Les Fleurs (1983) The Two of Us (1984) Fantasy (1985) Keys to the City (1987) We Meet Again (1989) Ivory Pyramid (1992) Sky Islands (1993) Urban Knights I (1994) Urban Knights II (1997) Appassionata (1999)
Live albums	The Ramsey Lewis Trio in Chicago (1960) The Ramsey Lewis Trio at the Bohemian Caverns (1964) The In Crowd (1965) Hang On Ramsey! (1965) Dancing in the Street (1967) Them Changes (1970) The Groover (1972)
Singles	"The 'In' Crowd" "Hang On Sloopy" "Wade in the Water" "Sun Goddess"