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George Lewis: Sequel (For Lester Bowie)

Read "Sequel (For Lester Bowie)" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


Diciamo subito che questo è un disco importante e significativo, sia per la carriera artistica di George Lewis che per gli sviluppi della sperimentazione elettro-acustica. È stato registrato in studio e dal vivo nel 2004 (a Baden-Baden, nei giorni del New Jazz Meeting, a Rottenburg e Basilea) e vede il trombonista guidare un composito ottetto d'improvvisatori ...

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Sequel (For Lester Bowie)

Label: Intakt Records
Released: 2006
Track listing: Sequel, A Composition For Cybernetic Improvisers (For Lester Bowie); Calling All Cyborgs (After Sun Ra); Tuning Meditation; Octavia's Dream.

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George Lewis: Sequel (For Lester Bowie)

Read "Sequel (For Lester Bowie)" reviewed by Kurt Gottschalk


George Lewis' electronic excursions have looked good on paper for years. However, for whatever reason, they have seemed a hard nut for the trombonist to crack in performance--but 2006 has been a good year for him. In April he presented a piece for jazz sextet plus his own laptop as a part of the New York ...

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George Lewis: Sequel (For Lester Bowie)

Read "Sequel (For Lester Bowie)" reviewed by Nic Jones


On this evidence of his artistic journey, George Lewis could almost be two people. On the one hand, he is one of the most compelling trombone players out there, while on the other, he also explores the interface of electro-acoustic music with exceptional rigour and intelligence. Over half of the music captured on Sequel is made ...

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Article: Interview

George Lewis: AACM Veteran

Read "George Lewis: AACM Veteran" reviewed by Brian P. Lonergan


After a nearly twenty-year absence, trombonist George Lewis has recently returned to New York City to live and work as the Edwin H. Case Professor of Music at Columbia University. An active composer and improviser with a deep interest and vast experience in computer music, Lewis has been a member of the Association for the Advancement ...

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The Solo Trombone Record

Label: JJ-Tracks
Released: 2001

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Jammin' New Orleans Style in the 50s

Label: Jazz Crusade
Released: 2001
Track listing: Royal Garden Blues; Bugle Boy March; Willie the Weeper; Savoy Blues; Bye & Bye; Runnin' Wild; Climax Rag; The Sheik of Araby; Maryland, My Maryland; Golden Leaf Strut; Fidgety Feet; Careless Love; Bill Bailey; High Society; Uptown Bumps; Wolverine Blues; Original Blues; A Closer Walk with Thee/The Saints Come Marching In

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Hello Central

Label: Delmark Records
Released: 2001
Track listing: Lord, Lord, You Certainly Been Good To Me/ Dallas Blues/ Swanee River/ Just A Closer Walk With Thee/ Doctor Jazz/ Jerusalem Blues/ Ain

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George Lewis: Hello Central

Read "Hello Central" reviewed by Derek Taylor


New Orleans jazz doesn’t get much more authentic than George Lewis and his New Orleans Stompers’ faithfully rendered brand of traditional merry-making. Lewis and his colleagues recorded dozens of albums in dozens of settings, but their sound always remained at the root incorruptible and in its own sweet way sentimentally ecstatic. This reissue is no different ...


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