{{about|the album by Ramsey Lewis|the album by Jimmy McGriff|The Groover (Jimmy McGriff album)}} {{Primary sources|date=March 2018}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = The Groover | type = Live album | artist = Ramsey Lewis | cover = The Groover.jpg | alt = | released = 1972 | recorded = October 14–17, 1965 | venue = Lighthouse Café, Hermosa Beach, California | studio = | genre = Jazz | length = | label = Cadet<br /><small>CA 50020</small> | producer = Esmond Edwards | chronology = Ramsey Lewis | prev_title = Back to the Roots | prev_year = 1971 | next_title = The Best of Ramsey Lewis | next_year = 1972 }}
'''''The Groover''''' is a live album by the Ramsey Lewis Trio recorded in 1965 at the Lighthouse. The album was eventually released in 1972 on Cadet Records.<ref>{{cite book|title=Ramsey Lewis: The Groover|date=1972|publisher=Cadet Records}}</ref>
==Track listing== # "Summertime" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) - 9:20 # "Crazy He Calls Me" (Carl Sigman, Bob Russell) - 3:22 # "Why Don't You Do Right" (Joe McCoy) - 2:52 # "There Is No Greater Love" (Isham Jones, Marty Symes) - 3:45 # "Look-A-Here" (Ramsey Lewis) - 7:56 # "Imagination" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke) - 3:40 # "Bags' Groove" (Milt Jackson) - 5:05
== Personnel == *Ramsey Lewis – piano *Eldee Young – bass *Issac "Red" Holt – drums
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Groover, The}} Category:1972 live albums Category:Ramsey Lewis live albums Category:Cadet Records live albums Category:Albums produced by Esmond Edwards Category:Albums recorded at the Lighthouse Café