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	John Lewis (pianist) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		John Aaron Lewis (3 May 1920 – 29 March 2001) was an American jazz pianist and composer best known as the musical director of the Modern Jazz Quartet.
		In 1951, Lewis, Milt Jackson, Clarke, and Ray Brown formed the Milt Jackson Quartet.
		Lewis was its musical director and pianist until it disbanded in 1974 and after it reorganized in 1981.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Lewis_(pianist) (212 words)

	NEA Jazz Masters JohnLewis
		Lewis' first extended composition for Gillespie was his 1947 Toccata for Trumpet, which premiered at Carnegie Hall.
		As a composer John Lewis has written for a vast number of musical configurations in a dizzying array of styles, from solo piano to symphonies, ballets to film and television scores.
		Lewis was part of the first wave of what composer Gunther Schuller dubbed the Third Stream -- an effort at forging a third stream through the fusing of the two primary streams of jazz and European classical music.
	www.iaje.org /bio.asp?ArtistID=1 (813 words)

	John Lewis - Drum Solo Artist
		Lewis arrived in NYC at the height of the BeBop movement - he played with, and arranged for,colleagues such as: Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, the Jazztet, becoming a jazz legend simultaneously.
		Lewis became the architect of a unique sound in jazz and expanded the jazz audience to the concert hall.
		John Lewis received honorary doctorates from the University of New Mexico, Columbia College in Chicago, and the New England Conservatory.
	www.drumsoloartist.com /Site/Drummers3/John_Lewis.html (326 words)

	John Lewis News
		Pianist and composer John Lewis did much to distinguish himself and the world of jazz in the more than 50 years he gave to this artform.
		DEPARTMENT store group John Lewis yesterday declined to comment on reports that it is looking at raising its retirement age in a bid to reduce its pensions costs.
		John Lewis appears to have had an enjoyable Christmas period Department store group John Lewis has given the first hard evidence of a Christmas recovery on the High Street.
	www.topix.net /who/john-lewis (653 words)

	The Evolution of a Pianist: An Interview with John Lewis
		After fifty years of playing and composing, pianist John Lewis is attacking the jazz idiom with the same youthful enthusiasm that he possessed when he moved to New York City in the 1940s.
		Lewis is also one of the biggest proponents of the "Third Stream" which was the blending of both classical and jazz styles.
		To suggest a John Lewis album is a tough task, as he was involved with countless albums with Dizzy Gillepsie, Miles Davis, Milt Jackson, Illinois Jacquet and many more.
	members.tripod.com /vermontreview/Interviews/lewis.htm (1545 words)

	JOHN LEWIS Central - Find great websites with information on 'john lewis' and related information. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Of John Lewis, the historian Howard Zinn wrote: "At the great Washington March of 1963, the chairman of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), John Lewis, speaking to the same enormous...
		Lewis Partnership is one of the top 10 retail companies in the UK, with 26 John Lewis department stores and 144 Waitrose supermarkets, as well as manufacturing and farming businesses.
		John Lewis Glass has been creating the finest cast glass, architectural glass and art glass since 1969 when the studio opened in the San Francisco Bay Area.
	www.g3labs.com /search/_xml/j/o/john-lewis.html (524 words)

	American jazz great John Lewis dead at 80
		Lewis played a prominent role in Miles Davis's 1949 nine-piece orchestra, whose recordings for Capitol Records were later dubbed “The Birth of the Cool,” an apt title given their influence on the “cool school” jazz music of the 1950s.
		Lewis was a prolific composer for the MJQ, but few of his songs passed into the general lexicon of jazz standards.
		Finally, Lewis was a tireless proponent of the development of jazz music, for example, serving as the musical director of the Monterey Jazz festival from 1958 to 1964, its most adventurous period.
	www.wsws.org /articles/2001/apr2001/jlew-a02_prn.shtml (937 words)

	Juilliard \| The Juilliard Journal Online
		Lewis was an avid student and admirer of European music, and used it as a model from which to launch his own penchant for variations.
		Not that long ago, Lewis made a series of recordings with his wife Mirjana (an accomplished harpsichordist who studied with Juilliard's beloved Albert Fuller), placing Lewis's piano variations around her interpretations of Bach's "Goldberg" Variations, as well as some of the preludes and fugues.
		Lewis sought out a varied group of guests to join the quartet in special projects and this led to a plethora of brilliant music.
	www.juilliard.edu /update/journal/j_articles507.html (1449 words)

	BBC - Radio 3 Jazz Profiles - John Lewis
		With his light, classically inspired touch at the keyboard, and his compositions that explore counterpoint and polyphony, it is fitting that John Lewis did more than most to bring jazz into the concert hall.
		In the MJQ, Lewis's delicate contrapuntal melodies contrasted with the bluesier phrasing of vibist Milt Jackson, and their interaction was one of the main ingredients in the group's success, until it finally disbanded after the death of drummer Connie Kay in 1994.
		Lewis also maintained a separate career as a pianist, and as an educator.
	www.bbc.co.uk /radio3/jazz/profiles/john_lewis.shtml (387 words)

	The Meaning Of John Lewis
		For John Lewis, that great and egoless font of creativity, occupies a position at the front of a file of musicians who fought the worthy battle to bring jazz the respect that has been accorded classical music for centuries.
		All jazz fans know how Lewis served for decades as the pianist, principle composer and musical director of the Modern Jazz Quartet, and it was primarily in those roles that his contributions to jazz are remembered.
		The MJQ -- Lewis, piano; Milt Jackson, vibraharp; Percy Heath, bass; and Connie Kay, who replaced Kennie Clarke in 1955, drums -- now is down to only Heath, who still tours with his famous brothers, Albert and Jimmy, but whose name is inextricably woven into the memories of the elegant quartet that was Lewis' brainchild.
	www.skyjazz.com /commentaries/lewis.htm (579 words)

	The Austin Chronicle Music: Record Reviews
		With the passing of John Lewis at the end of March, the third and final part of the Evolution trilogy is in question.
		Here Lewis, at 80 years of age, gives us an album that most pianists of any age would be pleased to produce.
		Here, Lewis' playing is more focused than on the previous Evolution disc; he concentrates more on what he does best and doesn't spend so much time trying to evoke the memories of earlier pianists.
	austinchronicle.com /issues/dispatch/2001-04-27/music_recviews6.html (270 words)

	John Lewis, (1920-2001) ...
		John Aaron Lewis was born in La Grange (Ill.) in March 1920 and sadly passed away recently in March 2001.
		Initially known as the Milt Jackson Quartet, John Lewis soon took over the leadership of the group and the name was changed to the Modern Jazz Quartet (MJQ).
		The stark contrast between Lewis' incisive skeletal solos and Jackson's brilliantly weaving beautiful sound tapestries is a key ingredient to their long lasting success.
	amb.cult.bg /music/jazz/mp3/notes/JOHNLE.htm (1170 words)

	Dogpile - Web Search: john lewis
		Lewis Gift List is the most popular list in the country and first choice for people with a major event to celebrate.
		John L. Lewis was president of the UMWA from 1920-1960.
		Lewis (born February 21, 1940) is an American politician and was an important leader in the American Civil Rights Movement.
	www.dogpile.co.uk /uk.dogpl/search/web/john+lewis (359 words)

	John Lewis Tribute & Jazz Symposium (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Jazz legend John Lewis (May 3, 1920- March 29, 2001) grew up in Albuquerque's South Broadway neighborhood, so it is only fitting that his life and American Classical Music, Jazz, be celebrated in his old neighborhood.
		John Lewis' son Alexander "Sasha" Lewis represented the family.
		The inaugural concert a the John Lewis Memeorial Auditorium featured legendary vocalist/pianist, Andy Bey, who provided stirring songs with perfect accompaniment by Paul Meyers on guitar, Kiyoshi Kitagawa on bass, Mark McLeon on drums, and Andy on piano.
	www.jazzinn.com /john_lewis.html (587 words)

	Press Release Network - John Lewis, Musical Director of Modern Jazz Quartet dies at 80
		Lewis was the pianist, musical director and guiding light of the Modern Jazz Quartet, the most successful small group in jazz, during its 45-year existence.
		Lewis' career spanned from World War II until his well-received last live performance, given at Lincoln Center in New York in January of this year.
		Lewis composed and arranged music for the groups with which he performed, including the Dizzy Gillespie big band, the Miles Davis groups, the Modern Jazz Quartet and Orchestra U.S.A., as well as for film, television, dance, theater and symphony orchestra.
	www.pressreleasenetwork.com /pr-2001/march/mainpr553.htm (413 words)

	NewToJazz.com \| Artist Profile \| The Modern Jazz Quartet
		Pianist John Lewis, vibraphonist Milt Jackson, bassist Ray Brown and drummer Kenny Clarke first came together as the rhythm section of the 1946 Dizzy Gillespie Orchestra and they had occasional features that gave the overworked brass players a well-deserved rest.
		In the early days Jackson and Lewis both were equally responsible for the group's musical direction but the pianist eventually took over as musical director.
		The MJQ has long displayed John Lewis's musical vision, making jazz seem respectable by occasionally interacting with classical ensembles and playing concerts at prestigious venues, but always leaving plenty of space for bluesy and swinging improvising.
	www.newtojazz.com /artist.asp?id=61 (270 words)

	JOHN LEWIS
		John Lewis was the arranger of three of the pieces; Schuller arranged the other two.
		Lewis, a pianist, did not play on the recorded session, but did on some of the rehearsals.
		Lewis had attended the Manhattan School of Music for three years, starting in 1950, and “became particularly fascinated with the music of Johann Sebastian Bach and the fugal and polyphonic writing of the eighteenth century,” as Schuller notes.
	www.holeintheweb.com /drp/drpjlewis.htm (2240 words)

	John Lewis
		John studied piano from 1927 and majored in anthropology and music at the University of New Mexico until 1942.
		Lewis conducted the Stuttgart Symphony Orchestra that year and recorded his European Windows (a series of his arrangements on RCA) with them.
		John Lewis was highly respected as a self-sufficient and self-confident musician.
	pages.sssnet.com /mungerbill/mungerbill/lewis.html (943 words)

	John Lewis
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	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0881877.html (245 words)

	JAZCLASS : About JOHN LEWIS (p.1) - Jazz pianist, composer, Modern Jazz Quartet band leader
		Initially known as the Milt Jackson Quartet, John Lewis soon took over as musical director of the group and the name was changed to the Modern Jazz Quartet (MJQ).
		MJQ refers to the Modern Jazz Quartet : John Lewis piano - Milt Jackson vibraharp - Percy Heath bass - Kennie Clarke, and after 1955, Connie Kay on drums.
		The title is a reference to the members of the group, 2 musicians from the East Coast Jazz scene : John Lewis and Percy Heath, and 3 from the West Coast : Chico Hamilton, Bill Perkins, and Jim Hall (Pacific Jazz 1217) (24 bit remastered CD in 2001, released by Toshiba/EMI - TOCJ-9353).
	www.jazclass.aust.com /lewis.htm (1082 words)

	Stereophile: David Chesky Pays Tribute to Jazz Pianist John Lewis
		April 22, 2001 —; On Tuesday, April 17, 2001, New York said farewell to John Lewis in a memorial ceremony at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine.
		Lewis the man seemed close at hand—the respect offered by the musicians was palpable and the personal recollections went back nearly 60 years.
		I felt Lewis' spirit most strongly, however, when George Wein was at the podium.
	www.stereophile.com /news/11019 (671 words)

	John Lewis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		If an internal link referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.
		a pioneer of industrial democracy and founder of the John Lewis Partnership: see John Spedan Lewis
		This human name article is a disambiguation page — a list of pages that might otherwise share the same title, which is a person's or persons' name.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Lewis (287 words)

	Find Jazz Pianist Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		There are links to the websites of jazz pianists, recordings, books, a message board and related jazz links.
		Lewis into the Dizzy Gillespie Band as arranger and pianist.
		Pianist and arranger for DC Express, a jazz vocal quartet, with...
	www.bargajazz.com /jazz/8/jazz-pianist.html (268 words)

	John Lewis MP3 Downloads - John Lewis Music Downloads - John Lewis Music Videos
		This is one of pianist John Lewis' most rewarding albums outside of his work with the Modern Jazz Quartet.
		Pianist George Shearing meets up with guitarist Wes, vibraphonist Buddy, and bassist Monk Montgomery on this enjoyable if slightly lightweight outing.
		This album freed pianist George Shearing from the confines of his popular Quintet and showcases him in a trio with Ahmad Jamal's former sidemen (bassist Israel Crosby and drummer Vernel Fournier)....
	www.mp3.com /albums/109795/summary.html (343 words)

	John Lewis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		John dedicated this CD to his wife Sarah, who passed away in 1997.
		John interviewed and performed on the “Voice of America“ a broadcasting service of the United States Information Agency in Washington, D.C. hosted by Rita Rochelle.
		John’s overwhelming musical drive stems from his late father, John W. Lewis, Jr.
	www.jazzconnect.com /competition/wsvc/johnlewis.htm (262 words)

	LEWIS, John : MusicWeb Encyclopaedia of Popular Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		(b John Aaron Lewis, 5 April '20, La Grange IL; d 29 March 2001) Pianist, composer, leader.
		He was a founder member and mentor of the Modern Jazz Quartet (which see) from '52.
		He discovered and helped European artists such as Albert Mangelsdorff (quartet LP on Atlantic made in Baden-Baden '62).
	www.musicweb-international.com /encyclopaedia/l/L60.HTM (245 words)

	JAZCLASS : About JOHN LEWIS (p.2) - Jazz pianist, composer, Modern Jazz Quartet band (MJQ) leader
		The title is a reference to the members of the group, 2 musicians from the East Coast Jazz scene : John Lewis and Percy Heath, and 3 from the West Coast : Chico Hamilton, Bill Perkins, and Jim Hall (24 bit remastered CD in 2001, released by Toshiba/EMI - TOCJ-9353).
		1742, and RCA LMP-1742) John Lewis conducts the Stuttgart Symphony Orchestra, with Conny Kay (drums), Percy Heath (bass), Gerry Weinkopf (flute), Ronnie Ross (baritone sax).
		John Lewis and Trummy Young on tour in Europe as guest stars with Chris Barber.
	www.jazclass.aust.com /profiles/lewis1.htm (2127 words)

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