Ramsey Lewis
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"Ramsey Emmanuel Lewis, Jr." is an United States/American jazz composer, pianist and radio personality. Ramsey Lewis has recorded over 80 albums and has received seven RIAA certification/gold records and three Grammy Awards so far in his career.

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Not all are diehard jazz fans. Some people are just curious about quality music. We researched broadening the radio idea to television, and we think interest will explode.

They don't encourage quality today. When I was coming along, Columbia Records would sit with you and assume it would take two or three albums to get the act where it needed to be. Then the company would structure its promotion based on one, two or three years. They encouraged quality and innovation - that's why groups like the Beatles would use sitars, string orchestras and so forth.

Our intention is to not only attract the hardcore jazz fan, but we're doing it in such a way that it will also be easy to take for those who are not necessarily steeped in the ways of jazz.

I think that we have been able to come up with great content in terms of conversation and information. We're trying not to be a documentary, but have a more powerful conversation, and then an 'Oh, by the way, will you play?' sort of thing.

It's corruption from the inside. Not thievery or mischievousness, but falling prey to needing money quickly to pay the execs and shareholders.