# The Groover

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{{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](/source/Ramsey_Lewis)
| cover      = The Groover.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = 1972
| recorded   = October 14–17, 1965
| venue      = [Lighthouse Café](/source/Lighthouse_Caf%C3%A9), Hermosa Beach, California
| studio     =
| genre      = [Jazz](/source/Jazz)
| length     =
| label      = [Cadet](/source/Cadet_Records)<br /><small>CA 50020</small>
| producer   = [Esmond Edwards](/source/Esmond_Edwards)
| chronology = [Ramsey Lewis](/source/Ramsey_Lewis)
| prev_title = [Back to the Roots](/source/Back_to_the_Roots_(Ramsey_Lewis_album))
| prev_year  = 1971
| next_title = The Best of Ramsey Lewis
| next_year  = 1972
}}

'''''The Groover''''' is a [live album](/source/live_album) by the [Ramsey Lewis Trio](/source/Ramsey_Lewis_Trio) recorded in 1965 at the [Lighthouse](/source/Lighthouse_Caf%C3%A9). The album was eventually released in 1972 on [Cadet Records](/source/Cadet_Records).<ref>{{cite book|title=Ramsey Lewis: The Groover|date=1972|publisher=[Cadet Records](/source/Cadet_Records)}}</ref>

==Track listing==
# "[Summertime](/source/Summertime_(George_Gershwin_song))" ([George Gershwin](/source/George_Gershwin), [Ira Gershwin](/source/Ira_Gershwin), [DuBose Heyward](/source/DuBose_Heyward)) - 9:20   
# "Crazy He Calls Me" ([Carl Sigman](/source/Carl_Sigman), [Bob Russell](/source/Bob_Russell_(songwriter))) - 3:22   
# "Why Don't You Do Right" ([Joe McCoy](/source/Kansas_Joe_McCoy)) - 2:52   
# "[There Is No Greater Love](/source/There_Is_No_Greater_Love)" ([Isham Jones](/source/Isham_Jones), [Marty Symes](/source/Marty_Symes)) - 3:45   
# "Look-A-Here" (Ramsey Lewis) - 7:56   
# "[Imagination](/source/Imagination_(1940_song))" ([Jimmy Van Heusen](/source/Jimmy_Van_Heusen), [Johnny Burke](/source/Johnny_Burke_(lyricist))) - 3:40   
# "[Bags' Groove](/source/Bags'_Groove_(composition))" ([Milt Jackson](/source/Milt_Jackson)) -  5:05

== Personnel ==
*[Ramsey Lewis](/source/Ramsey_Lewis) – piano
*[Eldee Young](/source/Eldee_Young) – bass
*[Issac "Red" Holt](/source/Redd_Holt) – drums

== References ==
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{{Ramsey Lewis}}
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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

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