George Lewis (Chicago-born trombonist and experimental composer)

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Legal name: George Emanuel Lewis

Wikipedia

George Emanuel Lewis (born July 14, 1952) is an American composer, performer, and scholar of experimental music. He has been a member of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM) since 1971, when he joined the organization at the age of 19. He is renowned for his work as an improvising trombonist and considered a pioneer of computer music, which he began pursuing in the late 1970s; in the 1980s he created Voyager, an improvising software he has used in interactive performances. Lewis's many honors include a MacArthur Fellowship and a Guggenheim Fellowship, and his book A Power Stronger Than Itself: The AACM and American Experimental Music received the American Book Award. Lewis is the Edwin H. Case Professor of American Music, Composition & Historical Musicology at Columbia University.

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Discography

Album

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
1978A Tribute to Monk and BirdThad Jones, George Adams, George Lewis, Stanley Cowell, Reggie Workman, Lenny White, Heiner Stadler1
1978George Lewis (aka Shadowgraph)George Lewis2
1979Homage to Charles ParkerGeorge Lewis3
1979Jila - Save ! Mon. - The Imaginary SuiteGeorge Lewis & Douglas Ewart1
1980From Saxophone & TromboneEvan Parker / George Lewis2
1981Chicago Slow DanceGeorge Lewis1
1982YankeesDerek Bailey, George Lewis & John Zorn2
1985Change of Season (Music of Herbie Nichols)Misha Mengelberg, Steve Lacy, George Lewis, Arjen Gorter & Han Bennink1
1985Give and TakeJohn Lindberg Trio: John Lindberg with George Lewis & Barry Altschul1
1988News for LuluJohn Zorn, George Lewis & Bill Frisell2
1992More News for LuluJohn Zorn, George Lewis & Bill Frisell1
1992Dutch MastersMisha Mengelberg, Steve Lacy, George Lewis, Ernst Reÿseger, Han Bennink1
1993Changing With The TimesGeorge Lewis1
1993VoyagerGeorge E. Lewis1
1995Donaueschingen (Duo) 1976Anthony Braxton and George Lewis2
1995SliderideRay Anderson / Craig Harris / George Lewis / Gary Valente1
1998ConversationsGeorge E. Lewis, Bertram Turetzky1
1998DuetsGeorge Lewis / Miya Masaoka1
2000Endless ShoutGeorge Lewis1
2001The Shadowgraph Series: Compositions For Creative OrchestraGeorge Lewis / The NOW Orchestra1
2001The Solo Trombone RecordGeorge Lewis1
2006StreamingMuhal Richard Abrams / George Lewis / Roscoe Mitchell1
2010Sour MashMarina Rosenfeld / George Lewis1
2011SoundDanceMuhal Richard Abrams, Fred Anderson, George Lewis1
2011Les exercices spirituelsGeorge Lewis1
2013Artificial Life 2007Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra & George Lewis1
2014Sonic RiversWadada Leo Smith | George Lewis | John Zorn1
2017The Will to AdornGeorge Lewis; International Contemporary Ensemble, George Lewis2
2017ShiftRob Burke, George Lewis, Paul Grabowsky, Mark Helias1
2020Rainbow FamilyGeorge Lewis1
2021The Recombinant TrilogyGeorge Lewis; Claire Chase, Seth Parker Woods, Dana Jessen2
2021Play as You GoJoëlle Léandre, Pauline Oliveros, George Lewis1

Album + Live

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
1975Roscoe Mitchell Quartet (Live at "A Space" 1975)Roscoe Mitchell Quartet with Muhal Richard Abrams / George Lewis / Spencer Barefield3
1981PISA 1980: Improvisors’ SymposiumMaarten Altena / Derek Bailey / Barry Guy / George Lewis / Paul Lovens / Paul Lytton / Evan Parker / Paul Rutherford / Giancarlo Schiaffini / Phil Wachsmann2
1985Hook, Drift & ShuffleEvan Parker with George Lewis, Barry Guy & Paul Lytton2
1988The Storming of the Winter PalaceIrène Schweizer, Maggie Nicols, George Lewis, Joëlle Léandre, Günter Sommer2
1996Synergetics – Phonomanie IIIEvan Parker with Jin Hi Kim, George Lewis, Thebe Lipere, Carlo Mariani, Sainkho Namtchylak, Walter Prati, Marco “Bill” Vecchi, Motoharu Yoshizawa1
201428 Rue Dunois Juillet 1982Derek Bailey, Joëlle Léandre, George Lewis & Evan Parker1
2019Voyage and HomecomingGeorge LewisRoscoe Mitchell1

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