# PBS Legends of Jazz with Ramsey Lewis

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [August 18, 2006, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pbs-legends-of-jazz-with-ramsey-lewis/369184 "2006-08-18T02:41:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2006, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pbs-legends-of-jazz-with-ramsey-lewis/369184/1 "2006-08-18T02:41:45Z")

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17 August,Trumpet players.  
Who was the White guy who did _Funny Valentine_?

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**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2006, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pbs-legends-of-jazz-with-ramsey-lewis/369184/2 "2006-08-18T02:44:43Z")

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Haven’t seen the show, but Chet Baker did a record of that.

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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2006, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pbs-legends-of-jazz-with-ramsey-lewis/369184/3 "2006-08-18T03:01:45Z")

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The guests were Clark Terry, Roy Hargrove and Chris Botti; I obviously don’t know who was who.

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**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2006, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pbs-legends-of-jazz-with-ramsey-lewis/369184/4 "2006-08-18T03:26:29Z")

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[QUOTE=carnivorousplant]  
The guests were Clark Terry, Roy Hargrove and Chris Botti; I obviously don’t know who was who.  
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Clark Terry is an old black guy, Roy Hargrove is a young black guy, and Chris Botti is a young white guy.

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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2006, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pbs-legends-of-jazz-with-ramsey-lewis/369184/5 "2006-08-18T03:38:01Z")

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[QUOTE=Biffy the Elephant Shrew]  
Clark Terry is an old black guy, Roy Hargrove is a young black guy, and Chris Botti is a young white guy.  
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Thanks, I’m off to Ebay looking for Botti ans Terry.

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**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2006, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pbs-legends-of-jazz-with-ramsey-lewis/369184/6 "2006-08-18T03:52:50Z")

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Oh man, I missed that?

I got to meet Lewis in 1991 when he came to perform in the mountain resort I used to live in. I was the stage manager at the local Performing Arts Center.

Quite the gentleman, extremely friendly and approachable, and one hell of a pianist.