Routes is a studio album by Ramsey Lewis, released in 1980 on Columbia Records. The album reached No. 7 on the Billboard Top Jazz Albums chart.
Production
The album was produced by Larry Dunn and Allen Toussaint.
Critical reception
The Washington Informer called the album "a mixture of African and Caribbean flavor," deeming it "a further extension of Ramsey Lewis' innovation." The Boston Globe called it "little more than funky cocktail lounge music which smoothly blends into the woodwork."
Track listing
Personnel
Arranged By – Maurice White
Arranged By [Rhythm Track] – Al McKay, Larry Dunn
Artwork By [Cover Illustration] – Robert Grossman
Bass – Byron Miller, David Barard, Kenny Burke
Design [Cover Concept And Design] – John Berg
Drums – Herman V. Ernest III, James Gadson, Ndugu Chancler
Electric Piano [Yamaha Electric, Fender Rhodes] – Sam Henry, Jr. Engineer [Assistant, Vocals] – Ken Fowler Engineer [Assistant] – Dennis Hansen Engineer [Vocals] – George Massenburg Engineer, Mixed By – Chris Brunt, Danny Jones Executive-Producer – George Butler Featuring [Musical Assistance] – Louis Satterfield Flugelhorn – Rahm Lee Guitar – Al McKay, Leo Nocentelli, Roland Bautista Keyboards – Larry Dunn Percussion – Fred White, Kenneth "Afro" Williams, Paulinho Da Costa, Phillip Bailey Photography By [Back Cover Photo] – Don Hunstein Piano [Steinway Concert Grand Piano, Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes] – Ramsey Lewis Producer, Arranged By – Allen Toussaint, Larry Dunn Saxophone – Donald Myrick Soloist, Alto Saxophone – Donald Myrick Synthesizer, Programmed By [Synthesizer], Piano, Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes] – Larry Dunn Trombone – Louis Satterfield Trumpet – Michael Davis Vocals – Jon Lind, Maurice White, Warren Weinberg