Routes (album)

Routes is a studio album by American jazz pianist 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."

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