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George Lewis

USA

Born: 01 January 1952

Died: 31 December 1968

Years Active: 40, 50, 60

Genres: Jazz

Styles: New Orleans Jazz, New Orleans/Classic Jazz, Dixieland, Early Jazz

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George Lewis never tried to be a virtuoso soloist. He loved to play melodic ensembles where his distinctive clarinet was free to improvise as simply as he desired. When Lewis was inspired and in tune, he could hold his own with any of his contemporaries in New Orleans and he always sounded beautiful playing his "Burgundy Street Blues." To everyone's surprise (including himself), he became one of the most popular figures of the New Orleans revival movement of the 1950s. It took Lewis a long time to achieve fame. He taught himself clarinet when h...

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