| Salongo | ||||
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| Studio album by Ramsey Lewis | ||||
| Released | 1976 | |||
| Recorded | 1976 | |||
| Studio | Wally Heider Recording, Burbank Studios, Los Angeles, California | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | Charles Stepney, Maurice White | |||
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| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | |
Salongo is an album by jazz pianist Ramsey Lewis, which was released on Columbia Records in 1976. It continued Lewis's run of successful albums, with Maurice White, of Earth Wind & Fire, and former Chess Records producer Charles Stepney returning to contribute material and handle production duties.
The album peaked at No. 7 on the Billboard Jazz Albums chart and No. 17 on the Black Albums chart. The album title is a Zairian expression which means "We come together to create something beautiful out of love".