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John Lewis
From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Artist
The pianist and composer John Lewis played in Dizzy Gillespie's big band in the late 1940s and co-wrote Birth of the Cool. In 1952 he founded the Modern Jazz Quartet with vibraphonist Milt Jackson, bassist Percy Heath and drummer Kenny Clarke; Connie Kay succeeded Clarke in 1955. Lewis gave the group a form of its own: the musicians performed in suits, like a chamber ensemble, and played fugues and pieces in Baroque form alongside blues and bebop. He wrote Django in 1954 in memory of Django Reinhardt. Lewis was one of the most important figures of the third stream and also wrote film music, for instance for Odds Against Tomorrow.
Listening
Vendôme · Modern Jazz Quartet, 1952
Skating in Central Park · Modern Jazz Quartet, 1959
The Golden Striker · Modern Jazz Quartet, 1957
Discography
Studio albums
- 1957Afternoon in Paris
- 1957Four Trombones
- 1957Grand Encounter
- 1957Music for Brass
- 1957The John Lewis Piano
- 1959Improvised Meditations & Excursions
- 1960John Lewis Presents Contemporary Music 1: Jazz Abstractions: Compositions by Gunther Schuller & Jim Hall
- 1960The Golden Striker
- 1961Original Sin: Music for Ballet Composed by John Lewis
- 1961The Jazztet and John Lewis
- 1961The Wonderful World of Jazz
- 1962A Milanese Story (original Soundtrack) (soundtrack)
- 1962Essence
- 1962European Encounter
- 1964Animal Dance
- 1977Helen Merrill / John Lewis
- 1979An Evening With Two Grand Pianos
- 1979Piano Play House
- 1982Kansas City Breaks
- 1984J.S. Bach: Preludes & Fugues, Volume 1
- 1984J.S. Bach: Preludes & Fugues, Volume 2
- 1987Garden of Delight
- 1988The Garden of Delight Delaunay's Dilemma
- 1989J.S. Bach Preludes & Fugues, Volume 3 (from Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1)
- 1989Midnight In Paris
- 1990The Chess Game Part 2
- 1990The Chess Game Part I
- 1991Django
- 1991Music for Brass
- 1991Private Concert
- 1993The Swinging Violin of Csaba Deseo
- 1999Evolution
- 2000Mirjana
- 2001Evolution II
- 2004Orchestra U.S.A.: The Debut Recording
- 2010European Windows
- 20112 Degrees East, 3 Degrees West
- ?Sensitive Scenery
- ?Slavic Smile
Other work
- 1949Birth of the Cool · arrangementen
- 1954Django · Modern Jazz Quartet
- 1956Fontessa · Modern Jazz Quartet
- 1959Odds Against Tomorrow · filmmuziek
In School of Rock
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- Jazz MapNL Map
- After Hours: Session 2NL Reader
- After Hours: Session 3NL Reader
Mentioned in other articles
- Third stream Genre
On the 1956 record Music for Brass, a brass ensemble played work by Schuller, John Lewis, J.J.