Description
Classic Rock & Roll Instrumental Hits Volume 2 is a CD compilation celebrating the golden age of the pop and rock instrumental, drawing together some of the era’s most distinctive performers and recordings. Ramsey Lewis’s swinging, soul-inflected piano style is on full display with ‘The “In” Crowd,’ his landmark live recording that crossed jazz into the mainstream, while Billy Vaughn’s lush orchestral treatment of ‘Raunchy’ showcases the polished studio craft that made instrumental pop so beloved in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Joe Harnell’s lounge-jazz take on ‘Fly Me To The Moon’ and Lawrence Welk’s characteristically bright and breezy ‘Calcutta’ round out a CD that spans styles from boogie and jazz to easy listening and exotica — an essential snapshot of an era when instrumentals ruled the charts…
Track Listing:
- The “In” Crowd – Ramsey Lewis
- Shangri-La – Robert Maxwell
- Raunchy – Billy Vaughn
- The Percolator – Billy Joe & The Checkmates
- Fly Me To The Moon – Joe Harnell
- Gonzo – James Booker
- Guitar Boogie Shuffle – The Virtues
- Viva Tirado – El Chicago
- Born Free – Roger Williams
- Calcutta – Lawrence Welk
