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    Jazz M. Lewis (born February 26, 1989) is an American politician and Democratic member of the Maryland House of Delegates. Lewis represents Maryland's...
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    Ramsey Emmanuel Lewis Jr. (May 27, 1935 – September 12, 2022) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and radio personality. Lewis recorded over 80 albums...
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  • The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra was a jazz big band formed by trumpeter Thad Jones and drummer Mel Lewis in New York in 1965. The band performed...
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    bass by Heath. During the early-to-mid-1950s they became the Modern Jazz Quartet, Lewis became the group's musical director, and they made several recordings...
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    professionally as Mel Lewis, was an American jazz drummer, session musician, professor, and author. He received fourteen Grammy Award nominations. Lewis was born in...
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    Lewis (born March 22, 1984) is a Canadian drummer, composer, producer, and educator. He is best known for playing drums with the Brooklyn-based jazz fusion...
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    John Aaron Lewis (May 3, 1920 – March 29, 2001) was an American jazz pianist, composer and arranger, best known as the founder and musical director of...
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  • pre-swing jazz; performers such as clarinetist George Lewis, cornetist Bill Davison, and trombonist Turk Murphy were hailed by conservative jazz critics...
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    Eric Robert Lewis (born May 13, 1973), popularly known as ELEW, is an American jazz pianist who has found cross-over success playing rock and pop music...
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    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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    James Brandon Lewis (August 13, 1983 in Buffalo, New York) is an American jazz composer and saxophonist. Lewis graduated from Howard University in 2006...
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  • John Lewis Nelson (June 29, 1916 – August 25, 2001), also known as his stage name Prince Rogers, was an American jazz musician and songwriter. He was the...
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  • Jazz Abstractions (subtitled John Lewis Presents Contemporary Music: Compositions by Gunther Schuller and Jim Hall) is a third stream album combining...
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  • Legends of Jazz with Ramsey Lewis was a 13-week, public television show, produced by the Chicago-based independent music entertainment company, LRSmedia...
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    Kira Aundrea Lewis Jr. (/ˈkaɪrə/ KY-rə; born April 6, 2001) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Utah Jazz of the National...
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    Monica Lewis (born May Lewis; May 5, 1922 – June 12, 2015) was an American jazz singer and film actress. Lewis was the longtime voice of Chiquita Banana...
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    division. Lewis posted 17.2 points, 3.9 assists and 3.2 rebounds per game in France. In the 2018 NBA Summer League, Lewis played for the Utah Jazz, where...
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    Lewis, was an American entertainer, bandleader, singer, and musician. He fronted a band and touring stage show that presented a combination of jazz,...
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  • Lewis of the Modern Jazz Quartet. Lewis encouraged Coleman and his trumpeter, Don Cherry, to attend the Lenox School of Jazz (a seminal summer jazz education...
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    prefigured the work of nonet members John Lewis and Gerry Mulligan. John Lewis went on to co-found the Modern Jazz Quartet, who incorporated classical forms...
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    Lewis Nash (born December 30, 1958) is an American jazz drummer. According to Modern Drummer magazine, Nash has one of the longest discographies in jazz...
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    Herbie Lewis (February 17, 1941 – May 18, 2007) was an American jazz double bassist and jazz educator. He played or recorded with Cannonball Adderley...
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    The Jazz Age was a period in the 1920s and 1930s in which jazz music and dance styles gained worldwide popularity. The Jazz Age's cultural repercussions...
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  • and Thad Jones/Mel Lewis, the Jazz Orchestra is a 1966 big band jazz album recorded by Joe Williams with the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra and released...
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  • Django (composition) (category Compositions by John Lewis (pianist))
    "Django" is a 1954 jazz standard written by John Lewis as a tribute to the Belgian-born jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt. It was a signature composition...
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    Lewis Pragasam (10 August 1957 – 18 December 2023) was a Malaysian percussionist and drummer recognized for his contributions to Malaysian jazz fusion...
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    Maurice White (category American jazz drummers)
    Ramsey Lewis: Sky Islands. GRP Records. 1993. "Ramsey Lewis: Sky Islands (Contemporary Jazz Albums)". billboard.com. "Ramsey Lewis: Sky Islands (Jazz Albums)"...
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  • Thad Jones (category The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra members)
    Thad Jones / Mel Lewis and the Jazz Orchestra (Solid State Records, 1966) Presenting Joe Williams and Thad Jones / Mel Lewis, The Jazz Orchestra (Solid...
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    hearing loss. In 1972, singer/harmonica player Huey Lewis and keyboardist Sean Hopper joined the Bay Area jazz-funk band Clover. Clover had recorded several...
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    Muhal Richard Abrams (category African-American jazz composers)
    Richard Lewis Abrams; September 19, 1930 – October 29, 2017) was an American educator, administrator, composer, arranger, clarinetist, cellist, and jazz pianist...
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