Tequila Mockingbird

Tequila Mockingbird
Studio album by
Released1977 (1977)
StudioBurbank Studios, Burbank, CA

Sunset Sound Recording, Hollywood, CA, CA

Wally Heider Studios, Hollywood, CA, CA
GenreJazz
Length38:45
LabelColumbia
ProducerBert DeCouteaux, Larry Dunn
Ramsey Lewis chronology
Love Notes
(1977)
Tequila Mockingbird
(1977)
Legacy
(1978)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Cashbox(favourable)[2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[3]
Variety(favourable)[4]

Tequila Mockingbird is an album by the American jazz pianist Ramsey Lewis, released in 1977 on Columbia Records.[5] The album peaked at No. 6 on the Billboard Jazz Albums chart.[6][7]

The title track, composed by Larry Dunn, was released as a single in February 1978.[8][9]

  1. ^ Elias, Jason. "Ramsey Lewis: Tequila Mockingbird". allmusic.com. Allmusic.
  2. ^ "Jazz Album Picks". archive.org. Vol. 39, no. 28. Cashbox. December 10, 1977. p. 36.
  3. ^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 424.
  4. ^ "Music-Records: ELP, Cooper, Players, Wynne, Ramones, Trammps, Preston, Garrett, Chic, Roberts Top LPs". Variety. Vol. 289, no. 6. December 14, 1977. p. 72. ProQuest 1401322413.
  5. ^ Ramsey Lewis: Tequila Mockingbird. Columbia Records. 1977.
  6. ^ "Billboard Jazz LPs". Billboard Magazine. Vol. 90, no. 10. March 11, 1978. p. 42.
  7. ^ "Steve Cole Sep/Oct 2019". Issuu. September 3, 2019. Retrieved July 2, 2021.
  8. ^ Billboard Magazine (PDF). March 11, 1978. p. 92.
  9. ^ Allan, William (December 11, 1977). "Jazz is back...big...on Records". The Pittsburgh Press.