Funky Serenity

Funky Serenity is an album by pianist Ramsey Lewis which was released in 1973 on Columbia Records.[1] The album got to No. 6 on the Billboard Jazz Albums chart.[2]

Funky Serenity
Studio album by
Ramsey Lewis
Released1973
Recorded1973
GenreJazz
Length48:07
LabelColumbia
KC 32030
ProducerRamsey Lewis
Ramsey Lewis chronology
Upendo Ni Pamoja
(1972)		 Funky Serenity
(1973)		 Ramsey Lewis' Newly Recorded All-Time Non-Stop Golden Hits
(1973)

Samples

"Dreams" was sampled by A Tribe Called Quest on the song "Electric Relaxation" from their 1993 LP Midnight Marauders. Beck also sampled "Dreams" on the song "Debra."[3][4]

"My Love For You" was also sampled by Musiq Soulchild on the track "Girl Next Door." Additionally, "If Loving You is Wrong, I Don't Want to Be Right" was sampled by The Fugees on "Fu-Gee-La."[3][4]

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[5]

Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars calling it "enjoyable and essential".[5]

Track listing

All compositions by Cleveland Eaton, Morris Jennings and Ramsey Lewis except as indicated

  1. "Kufanya Mapenzi (Making Love)" (Eddie Green) - 5:17
  2. "(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right" (Homer Banks, Carl Hampton, Raymond Jackson) - 5:24
  3. "What It Is!" - 2:41
  4. "My Love for You" (Green) - 5:14
  5. "Nights in White Satin" (Justin Hayward) - 5:36
  6. "Serene Funk" - 4:11
  7. "Dreams" - 9:39
  8. "Betcha by Golly, Wow" (Thom Bell, Linda Creed) - 5:09
  9. "Where Is the Love" (Ralph MacDonald, William Salter) - 4:56

Personnel

References
  1. "Ramsey Lewis: Funky Serenity". 45worlds.com.
  2. Billboard Best Selling Jazz LPs. 85. Billboard Magazine. June 2, 1973. p. 13.
  3. "Dreams by Ramsey Lewis". secondhandsongs.com.
  4. "Ramsey Lewis". the-breaks.com.
  5. "Ramsey Lewis: Funky Serenity". allmusic.com.
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