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Back to the Roots (Ramsey Lewis album)

Ramsey Lewis album

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 21, 2025
Entity authorityQ4839519 ↗
Source-derived summary

Back to the Roots is a studio album by jazz pianist Ramsey Lewis which was released in 1971 on Cadet Records. The album peaked at No. 3 on the US Billboard Best Selling Jazz LPs and No. 25 on the US Billboard Best Selling Soul LP's charts.

Reception

AllMusic gave a 2/5 stars rating of the album.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Back to the Roots (Ramsey Lewis album)” as ramsey Lewis album. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA productive route into publication, performance and collection histories when the underlying object or edition remains clearly identified. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1971—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1971. The account is most persuasive where Back, Roots and Ramsey can be independently traced.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The subject matters to the arts & letters register because the source frames it as ramsey Lewis album. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Reception evidence should be dated and situated: later canonical status may differ sharply from the work’s initial circulation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 21, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q4839519. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1971.

Critical limits

Rights, attribution and provenance may remain disputed even when a general reference summary presents a stable account. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

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This entry incorporates text from “Back to the Roots (Ramsey Lewis album)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.