George Lewis (born Joseph Louis Francois Zenon; July 13, 1900 – December 31, 1968) was an American jazz clarinetist who achieved his highest profile in...
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(clarinetist) (1900–1968), New Orleans jazz clarinettist George Lewis, Jr. aka Twin Shadow (born 1983), Dominican-American musician and actor George Lowys...
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musician George Lewis (clarinetist) (1900–1968), New Orleans jazz musician George E. Lewis (born 1952), jazz trombone player and composer Glenn Lewis (born...
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George Lewis & Turk Murphy at Newport is a live album by George Lewis' Sextet and Turk Murphy's Septet recorded at the Newport Jazz Festival in 1957 and...
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(1927–2010) Joe Darensbourg (1906–1985) Kenny Davern (1935–2006) Paul Dean (clarinetist) (born 1966) Buddy DeFranco (1923–2014) Tobias Delius (born 1964) Big...
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Michael White (born November 29, 1954, in New Orleans) is a jazz clarinetist, bandleader, composer, jazz historian and musical educator. Jazz critic Scott...
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Benny Goodman (category 20th-century clarinetists)
Benjamin David Goodman (May 30, 1909 – June 13, 1986) was an American clarinetist and bandleader, known as the "King of Swing". From 1936 until the mid-1940s...
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pianist Walter Lewis. In 1964, Adams toured Japan with the band of clarinetist George Lewis, and he made 2 recording sessions with Lewis while there. The...
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piccolo was the first instrument Lewis learned, he also played the C-melody saxophone but was known principally as a clarinetist throughout his long career...
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blues and jazz. Southland Records was founded in 1953 by Joe Mares, a clarinetist and younger brother of trumpeter Paul Mares. He created the label after...
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Vocalist and bass drummer Erika Lewis is from New York's Hudson River Valley and resides in Tennessee. Clarinetist Craig Flory and frottoirist Robin...
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part of Bram Martin's Dance Orchestra. Lewis made his earliest recordings with a dance band as part of George Elrick's group that year, playing clarinet...
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international tours of jazz clarinetist George Lewis's band for more than a decade. In 1961 her biography, "Call Him George," was published in London by...
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Stanley Walden (section Clarinetist)
Kalish, Joel Krosnick, Robert Levin and many others). He has also been a clarinetist, actor and director. He is perhaps best known for writing music and lyrics...
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after liftoff "Don't worry. It's all right." — Benny Goodman, American clarinetist (13 June 1986), to his friend Carol Smith, who discovered him pale and...
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Pete Fountain (category 20th-century clarinetists)
2016), known professionally as Pete Fountain, was an American jazz clarinetist. LaFontaine was born to Pierre, Sr. and Madeline, in a small Creole cottage-style...
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Paquito D'Rivera (category 20th-century clarinetists)
1948), known as Paquito D'Rivera, is a Cuban-American alto saxophonist, clarinetist and composer. He was a member of the Cuban songo band Irakere and, since...
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Orson Welles (redirect from George Orson Welles)
Martyn, Barry (ed.), With Louis and the Duke: The Autobiography of a Jazz Clarinetist. New York: Oxford University Press, 1986. ISBN 0-19-520637-1 "Orson Welles...
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Dick Johnson (clarinetist) (1925-2010) Isham Jones (1894–1956) Quincy Jones (born 1933) Thad Jones (1923–1986) (The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra) (c...
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Eddie Daniels (category Jazz fusion clarinetists)
American musician and composer. Although he is best known as a jazz clarinetist, he has also played saxophone and flute as well as classical music on...
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Eric Dolphy (redirect from George Lane (musician))
multi-instrumentalist and bandleader. Primarily an alto saxophonist, bass clarinetist, and flautist, Dolphy was one of several multi-instrumentalists to gain...
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shoegaze guitarist (Pale Saints) 5 Phil Nimmons, 100, Canadian jazz clarinetist. Rocket Norton, 73, Canadian hard rock drummer (Prism) C. J. Snare, 64...
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(born Richard Lewis Abrams; September 19, 1930 – October 29, 2017) was an American educator, administrator, composer, arranger, clarinetist, cellist, and...
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experience managing the national and international tours of jazz clarinetist George Lewis provided the background and impetus for writing this, her first...
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Phil Woods (category Bebop clarinetists)
2, 1931 – September 29, 2015) was an American jazz alto saxophonist, clarinetist, bandleader, and composer. Woods was born in Springfield, Massachusetts...
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filmed in central Montana. The soundtrack features New Orleans clarinetist George Lewis playing the hymn "What a Friend We Have in Jesus." In 1980, the...
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Sidney Bechet (category American jazz clarinetists)
beh-SHAY; May 14, 1897 – May 14, 1959) was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer. He was one of the first important soloists in jazz, and...
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Buddy Collette (category 20th-century clarinetists)
1921 – September 19, 2010) was an American jazz flutist, saxophonist, and clarinetist. He was a founding member of the Chico Hamilton Quintet. William Marcel...
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Russell Reeder, soldier and author (d. 1998) March 16 – Leon Roppolo, jazz clarinetist (died 1943) March 17 – Bobby Jones, amateur golfer (died 1971) March...
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- ice dancer Phill Lewis - actor Jennifer Chambers Lynch - director Lorin Maazel - violinist, composer Anthony McGill - clarinetist Michael McMillian -...
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