Ramsey Lewis [1967] - Saturday Night After The Movies [Cadet #5565]

"Saturday Night After The Movies" is a new one on me and wonder if it ever got spins on the NS circuit, especially in the mid 70s when instrumentals were all the rage? A bit MOR perhaps? I have certainly never heard it played. 

It's from a soundtrack album called imaginatively "The Movie Album" and features Cleveland Eaton on bass and none other than EWF's Maurice White on drums as well as, of course, Ramsey Lewis on piano.

Skimming through Maurice White's wiki entry reveals that he also played drums on Fontella Bass "Rescue Me", Jackie Wilson "Higher And Higher " and Billy Stewart's "Summertime".

There are more NS connections as Eaton replaced Eldee Young on bass and White replaced Isaac 'Redd' Holt on drums as Young and Holt left The Ramsey Lewis Trio to form Young-Holt Trio / Unlimited (with Don Walker on piano) who of course recorded the classic Blackpool Mecca instrumental 'ender' "California Montage" as well as "Soulful Strut" the instrumental of Barbara Acklin's "Am I The Same Girl" which was a far bigger hit than the vocal reaching #3 on Billboard Hot 100 after Acklin's vocal version.

UPDATE: At the suggestion of blog reader Yves I've added "Goin' Hollwood" which he rightly pointed out is another good track from the soundtrack album but as far as I can tell wasn't released as a single.