Results for "ELEW"

Denver Jazz Fest 2026

by Geoff Anderson
April 22, 2026

Denver Jazz Fest 2026 Denver and Boulder, CO April 7-12, 2026  It's easy to get used to the lifestyle: a concert every night, and three on Saturday: eight concerts in six days. Shouldn't life be like this all the time? Well, it was for almost a week in early April around Denver ...

ELEW at the Joe Henderson Lab

by Steven Roby
September 17, 2025

ELEW Joe Henderson Lab Rock Meets Jazz: ELEW PLAYS STINGSan Francisco, CA September 13, 2025 The evening clicked into focus the instant ELEW (Eric Lewis) raised his hands above the keyboard and did nothing. Not a feint; a recalibration. The room quieted to his breathing, and when the first lefthand ...

Orrin Evans, Lux Quartet, Andromeda Turre and Nasheet Waits

by Hobart Taylor
July 31, 2024

This week we feature brand new music from Orrin Evans' Captain Black's Big Band, The Lux Quartet featuring Myra Melford and Alison Miller, vocalist Andromeda Turre and Nasheet Waits. Playlist Brian McCarthy “The Beginning" from After/Life (Truth Revolution) 0:00 Maddie Vogler “Hymn For August" from While We Have Time (Origin) 15:09 Mike Downes “Banff ...

Eric Lewis - Elew

Eric Lewis, began his career as a jazz pianist, performing alongside Wynton Marsalis and Elvin Jones. A decade into his career, he reemerged as ELEW, and began fusing his piano skills with modern pop and rock music, generating a new genre of music, Rockjazz. Over the course of multiple albums, ELEW has reenergized songs by Coldpay and Michael Jackson, and even joined forces with rapper Lil’ Wayne. Gaining fans such as Leonardo DiCaprio, Gerard Butler, Will Smith; He has performed at the behest of Google, Fendi, Disney, and Mercedes Benz. ELEW has even taken rockjazz to the White House, where he played for Barack and Michelle Obama in the East Room

Newport Jazz Festival 2019

by Doug Hall
August 9, 2019

Newport Jazz Festival Fort Adams State Park Newport, RI August 2-4, 2019 The 65th Anniversary Newport Jazz Festival continued an established tradition of delivering an exceptional level of high quality musicianship. Over the three fully packed days (and one special evening at the International Tennis Hall of Fame) from August 2nd ...

Theo Croker: It's Just Black Music

by Keith Henry Brown
June 24, 2019

In a field teeming with talented young lions, the bright sound of trumpeter Theo Croker still sticks out. Grandson of the legendary jazz trumpeter Doc Cheatham, the native Floridian graduated from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music and is part of a new movement of emerging jazz artists who expertly incorporate hip hop, electronic and R&B elements ...