Ramsey Lewis
“Collage” (Columbia) 1972
by Wax Poetics
Even after abandoning Chess’s Cadet subsidiary and the wildly experimental leanings of its in-house producer/resident musical visionary Charles Stepney (with whom he would reunite on 1974′s Sun Goddess), Ramsey Lewis continued to broaden his sonic palate on 1972′s Upendo Ni Pamoja, from which this single is drawn. The track strikes a balance between dub-like disorientation and infectious funk that makes its experimental leanings go down
