John Lewis
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American jazz pianist, composer and arranger (1920–2001)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 21 Feb 1940
- Died
- 17 Jul 2020
- Works
- 25
Top works
- Walking with the wind
- JOHN LEWIS - MARCH. LIBRO UNO
- Better Life for Their Children
- March
- Traveler's Guide to the Civil Rights Movement
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- Total plays
- 352,753
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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 musical director of the Modern Jazz Quartet. John Lewis was born in La Grange, Illinois, and raised in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and began learning classical music and piano at the age of seven. His family was musical and had a family band that allowed him to play frequently and he also played in a Boy Scout music group. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/John+Lewis">Read more o
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- John
- Family name
- Lewis
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- La Grange
- Place of death
- New York City
- Occupation
- record producer
- Employer
- Harvard University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- NEA Jazz Masters
- Genre
- hard bop
- Instrument
- piano
- Record label
- Atlantic Records
- Image
- John Lewis 1977.jpg
- Residence
- New York
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- birth name
- John Aaron Lewis
- different from
- John Lewis
- Commons category
- John Lewis (American pianist)
- date of birth
- 1920-05-03
- date of death
- 2001-03-29
- cause of death
- prostate cancer
- manner of death
- natural causes
- member of
- Modern Jazz Quartet
- copyright representative
- Broadcast Music, Inc.
- ethnic group
- African Americans
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