Upendo Ni Pamoja

Upendo Ni Pamoja is a studio album by the pianist Ramsey Lewis, released in 1972 on Columbia Records.^[1] The album peaked at No. 1 on the US Billboard Best Selling Jazz LPs and No. 9 on the US Billboard Best Selling Soul LP's charts.^[2]

Upendo Ni Pamoja
Studio album by Ramsey Lewis
Released	1972
Recorded	1972
Genre	Jazz
Label	Columbia KC 31096
Producer	Ramsey Lewis
Ramsey Lewis chronology
Back to the Roots (1971) Upendo Ni Pamoja (1972) Funky Serenity (1973)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[5]

Jason Elias of AllMusic stated, "The problem with this is that few tracks stay with the listener. This is a cut or two away from being truly essential".^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Ramsey Lewis except as indicated

1. "Slipping into Darkness" (Papa Dee Allen, Harold Brown, B.B. Dickerson, Lonnie Jordan, Charles Miller, Lee Oskar, Howard E. Scott) - 6:15
2. "People Make the World Go Round" (Thom Bell, Linda Creed) - 4:51
3. "Please Send Me Someone to Love" (Percy Mayfield) - 4:33
4. "Got to Be There" (Elliot Willensky) - 3:03
5. "Concierto de Aranjuez" (Joaquín Rodrigo) - 8:55
6. "Upendo Ni Pamoja (Love Is Together)" (Eddie Green) - 7:22
7. "Trilogy: Morning/The Nite Before/Eteral Peace" (Cleveland Eaton) - 8:46
8. "Put Your Hand in the Hand" (Gene MacLellan) - 3:52
9. "Collage" (Eddie Green) - 6:32

Personnel

• Ramsey Lewis - piano, electric piano
• Cleveland Eaton - bass, electric bass
• Morris Jennings - drums, percussion

Charts

Chart	Peak position
US Billboard Best Selling Jazz LPs[2]	1
US Billboard Best Selling Soul LP's[2]	9
US Billboard Top LPs[2]	79