George Lewis News

Red Toucan Records Improvised music is created on the spur of the moment, the players looking for the common thread from which they can go in different directions as they spin their story.

French double bass player Joelle Leandre needs no introduction. She has gained a legendary status as one of the best free improvisors of recent decades, always ready for new challenges and opportunities to perfect her art.

As an improviser, educator and an explorer of musical expression, George Lewis has become one of the significant contributors towards the respect and recognition Jazz is finally receiving as one of America's most notable and distinguished cultural achievements.

Following a recent hospitalization, Andra Lewis fell victim to infection and pneumonia and died at age 87.

Recorded at Vision Festival XIII in 2008, this pairing of French bassist Joelle Leandre and American trombonist George Lewis brings together two of the most gifted and committed musicians in improvised music.

Hard to believe it's been 7 years since Steve Lehman graduated from Wesleyan but not surprising when one sees how busy he's been.

A A Who's a good Bo? See the Obama family's frisky new Portuguese water dog pup, Bo, sink his paws into his classy new digs: the White House.

On Thursday night Millennium Park's Pritzker Pavilion hosts a free celebration of great Chicago tenor saxophonist Fred Anderson .

The Gambit Jazzmen make a return visit to Newbold Verdon Working Men's Club tomorrow night, a three-year lapse, writes Brian Negus .

The Gambit Jazzmen make a return visit to Newbold Verdon Working Men's Club tomorrow night, a three-year lapse, writes Brian Negus .

The next three days of the Umbria Jazz began with two concert series that promised to be intriguing.

Umbria Jazz - a great event in a small region. Jazz returns to Umbria this summer with a Festival that carries on its tradition of combining a successful format, top quality music and large numbers of people.