Results for "ELEW (Eric Lewis)"

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 ...

ELEW Finds His Frequency: From Camden Roots to ELEW Plays Sting at SFJAZZ

by Steven Roby
August 26, 2025

Pianist Eric Lewis (ELEW) grew up in a house where music was infrastructure. He is the fourth generation of classical musicians in his family, raised in Camden, New Jersey, where practicing the piano felt like another chore alongside washing dishes and mowing the lawn. That immersion, combined with conservatory training, forged a touch that is both ...

Contigo

By Andromeda Turre

Label: S T A R B I L T R E C O R D S
Released: 2024
Track listing: Contigo

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

Fast Heart

By Deb Bowman

Label: Mama Bama Records
Released: 2019

John Kelman's Best Releases of 2019

by John Kelman
December 20, 2019

Well, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome continues to be a challenge, as it has been since mid-2014. 2019 represents, in fact, the worst year when it comes to the actual number of articles written. Still, I've been finding an increasingly satisfying niche in the arena of in-depth, detailed and extensive/exhaustive (exhausting, for you as much as I!!) articles. ...

And to the Republic

By Eric Lewis - Elew

Label: Sunnyside Records
Released: 2016
Track listing: Medicine Man; Ornette; Lil Luba; Tones For Elvin Jones; Heartbeats (The Knife); Quirkwork; Jamaica Girl; And To The Republic: Act 3, Scene 2 Of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar ;Monk; My Favorite Things; The Philly Groove.

ELEW (Eric Lewis): And to the Republic

by Mark F. Turner
October 12, 2016

Appearances on television (America's Got Talent) and information conferences (TED Talks) have labeled pianist Eric Lewis (aka ELEW) as the next crossover artist who boldly shunned the establishment combining pop and rock music with improvisation. Yet underneath that flamboyant stage persona is the heart of bona fide jazz musician who won the Thelonious Monk International Piano ...