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  • NAME: John Lewis
  • OCCUPATION: Songwriter, Pianist
  • BIRTH DATE: May 03, 1920
  • DEATH DATE: March 29, 2001
  • EDUCATION: University of New Mexico, Manhattan School of Music
  • PLACE OF BIRTH: La Grange, Illinois
  • PLACE OF DEATH: New York, New York
  • Full Name: John Aaron Lewis

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American jazz pianist and composer John Lewis was a member of the Modern Jazz Quartet, one of the longest-lived and best-received groups in jazz history.


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John Lewis was born May 3, 1920, in La Grange, Illinois. He worked as a pianist with Dizzy Gillespie, arranging music for Gillespie's big band. His restrained piano style, which was influenced by classical music, made him a highly sought-after sideman, and he worked with Miles Davis, Charlie Parker, Lester Young, and Illinois Jacquet. In 1952 Lewis became the leader of the Modern Jazz Quartet.

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