Salongo

Salongo
Studio album by Ramsey Lewis
Released	1976
Recorded	1976 at Wally Heider Recording & The Burbank Studios Los Angeles, California
Genre	Jazz
Label	Columbia
Producer	Charles Stepney, Maurice White
Ramsey Lewis chronology
Don't It Feel Good (1975) Salongo (1976) Love Notes (1977)

Salongo is an album by Jazz pianist Ramsey Lewis which was released on Columbia Records in 1976.

Contents 1 Reception 2 Track listing 3 Personnel 3.1 Production 4 Charts 4.1 Singles 5 External links 6 References

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

The album peaked at #7 on the Billboard Jazz Albums and #17 on the Black Albums chart.^[2] The album title is a Zairian expression which means "We come together to create something beautiful out of love".^[3]

Track listing

^[2][3]

Personnel

• Jimmy Bryant Singers - Clavinet
• Jimmy Bryant - Clavinet
• Steve Cobb - Drums, Vocals
• Byron Gregory - Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar, Guitar (Electric)
• Ron Harris - Electric Bass
• Ramsey Lewis - Piano, Keyboards, Electric Piano
• Don Myrick - Tenor Saxophone
• Derf Reklaw-Raheem - Flute, Percussion, Vocals
• Tang - Vocals
• Maurice White - Drums, Timbales, Vocals
• Verdine White - Bass, Vocals

Production

• George Massenburg - Engineer
• Charles Stepney - Producer
• Maurice White - Producer

^[2]

Charts

Year	Album	Chart positions[4]
		US	US R&B	Jazz Albums
1976	Salongo	77	17	7

Singles

Year	Single	Chart positions[5]
		US	US R&B	US Dance
1976	"Brazilica"	—	88	—

External links

• Ramsey Lewis-Salongo at Discogs

References