Renowned jazz pianist Ramsey Lewis has died, age 87

FILE - Hosts of the National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters Awards Concert, Ramsey Lewis, left, and Nancy Wilson announce the first NEA Jazz award of the night to Freddie Hubbard, Friday, Jan. 13, 2006, in New York. Renowned jazz pianist Lewis, whose music entertained fans over a more than 60-year career that began with the Ramsey Lewis Trio and made him one of the country’s most successful jazz musicians, died Monday, Sept. 12, 2022. He was 87. (AP Photo/Jennifer Szymaszek, File)