George Lewis (trombonist)
| George Lewis | |
|---|---|
| Born |
July 14, 1952 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Genres | Jazz, avant-garde jazz, computer music |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, composer, educator |
| Instruments | Trombone |
| Labels | Sackville, Charly, Black Saint, Soul Note, Avant, Music & Arts, Pi, Incus, Tzadik |
| Associated acts | ICP Orchestra, Musica Elettronica Viva, Globe Unity Orchestra |
George E. Lewis (born July 14, 1952) is an American composer, electronic performer, installation artist, trombone player, and scholar in the fields of improvisation and experimental music. He has been a member of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM) since 1971 and is a pioneer of computer music.
Born in Chicago, Illinois, Lewis graduated from Yale University in 1974 with a degree in philosophy. In the 1980s, he succeeded Rhys Chatham as the music director of The Kitchen. Since 2004, he has served as a professor at Columbia University in New York City, where he is now Vice-Chair of the Department of Music. He previously taught at the University of California, San Diego. In 2002, Lewis received a MacArthur Fellowship. He became a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2015, and a Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy in 2016.
He has recorded or performed with Anthony Braxton, Anthony Davis, Bertram Turetzky, Conny Bauer, Count Basie, David Behrman, David Murray, Derek Bailey, Douglas Ewart, Evan Parker, Fred Anderson, Frederic Rzewski, Gil Evans, Han Bennink, Irène Schweizer, J. D. Parran, James Newton, Joel Ryan, Joëlle Léandre, John Zorn, Karl E. H. Seigfried, Laurie Anderson, Leroy Jenkins, Marina Rosenfeld, Michel Portal, Misha Mengelberg, Miya Masaoka, Muhal Richard Abrams, Nicole Mitchell, Richard Teitelbaum, Roscoe Mitchell, Sam Rivers, Steve Lacy, and Wadada Leo Smith.
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