Results for "Greg Lewis"

Dan Bilawsky's Best Releases of 2012

by Dan Bilawsky
December 23, 2012

Transcendent recordings don't come with a label identifying their magnificence, but they're easy to pick out. I had the honor and privilege of receiving, and listening to, more than 375 CDs for review consideration in 2012. I reviewed approximately 165 of them and these were the 15 that rose above the rest. Some are bold and ...

Organ Monk

Featuring the music of Greg Lewis
Duration: 9:15
August 26, 2012

Greg Lewis / Organ Monk: Uwo in the Black

by Dan Bilawsky
August 19, 2012

Many a jazz musician visits the territory of pianist Thelonious Monk for a short spell, but organist Greg Lewis seems to have signed up for an extended stay. His Organ Monk (Self Produced, 2010) proved to be a completely original and exciting take on the music of the man affectionately and reverently called the High Priest ...

Greg Lewis / Organ Monk: Uwo in the Black

by Hrayr Attarian
August 12, 2012

It takes abundant courage and uncommon musical vision to radically reinterpret the works of such an idiosyncratic genius as pianist Thelonious Monk. Fortunately, organist Greg Lewis possesses both as is evident on the second volume of his Organ Monk trilogy, Uwo In The Black. As he did on Organ Monk (Self Produced, 2010), ...

Greg Lewis - Organ Monk

Featuring the music of Greg Lewis
Duration: 11:00
March 26, 2012

Jimmy Owens: The Monk Project

by Dan Bilawsky
January 1, 2012

Albums built on the idea of reworking the music of Thelonious Monk have become so commonplace as to risk being seen as old hat before the shrink wrap even comes off the CD, but the success or failure of these projects doesn't rest with the actual recasting of the legendary pianist's work. The manner by which ...

Organ Monk

By Greg Lewis

Label: Point of Departure
Released: 2011
Track listing: 1. Trinkle Tinkle; 2. Jacking; 3. Criss Cross; 4. Light Blue; 5. Played Twice; 6. Boo's Birthday; 7. Coming in the Hudson; 8. Four in One; 9. Locomotion; 10. We See; 11. Monk's Mood; 12. Think of One; 13. Work; 14. Introspection; 15. Kohl's Here.

Greg Lewis - Organ Monk (CDBaby, 2010)

September 29, 2011

Thelonious Monk's music is so iconic and malleable that it lends itself to almost any instrument imaginable. Organist Greg Lewis leads a wonderfully swinging trio on a Monk themed program accompanied by Cindy Blackman on drums and Ron Jackson on guitar. I have always found a particular joyousness in Monk's music as if it was written ...

Greg Lewis: Organ Monk

by AAJ Italy Staff
January 11, 2011

Alla guida del suo trio, completato da Cindy Blackman alla batteria e Ron Jackson alla chitarra elettrica, l'organista newyorkese Greg Lewis dà alle stampe l'album di debutto Organ Monk, nel quale propone quindici brani tratti dal repertorio di Thelonious Monk, ponendo come linea di condotta principale, e imprescindibile, la figura melodica prodotta dal suono tipico dell'Hammond ...

Organ Monk

By Greg Lewis

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2010
Track listing: Trinkle Tinkle; Jacking; Criss Cross; Light Blue; Played Twice; Boo's Birthday; Coming in the Hudson; Four in One; Locomotion; We See; Monk's Mood; Think of One; Work; Introspection; Kohl's Here.