| LC control no. | n 81100622 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | ML410.L6245 Biography |
| Personal name heading | Lewis, John, 1920-2001 |
| Variant(s) | Lewis, John Aaron, 1920-2001 |
| See also | Corporate body: Modern Jazz Quartet |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1920-05-03 |
| Death date | 2001-03-29 |
| Place of birth | La Grange (Ill.) |
| Place of death | New York (N.Y.) |
| Affiliation | Manhattan School of Music (New York, N.Y.) Dizzy Gillespie Orchestra Modern Jazz Quartet Orchestra U.S.A. Harvard University City University of New York. City College |
| Profession or occupation | Pianists Jazz musicians Composers Music teachers |
| Found in | His Sait-on-jamais, c1957. Bach, J.S. Preludes and fugues from The well-tempered clavier [SR] p1985: label (John Lewis; piano) insert (b. May 5, 1920 in LaGrange, Ill.) The Penguin guide to jazz on CD, LP and cassette, 1994: (John Lewis; member of the Modern Jazz Quartet) New Grove dict. of jazz (Lewis, John (Aaron); b. May 3, 1920, LaGrange, IL; pianist and composer) Int. dict. of Black composers, 1999 (Lewis, John Aaron; b. May 3, 1920, La Grange, Ill.; John Lewis) New York Times, Mar. 31, 2001 (John Lewis, 80, pianist, composer, creator of Modern Jazz Quartet; d. Mar. 29, 2001; b. John Aaron Lewis, May 3, 1920, LaGrange, Ill.) American National Biography Online, accessed February 19, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Lewis, John; pianist, jazz musician, composer / arranger, music educator; born 03 May 1920 in La Grange, Illinois, United States; enrolled at the University of New Mexico, where he first majored in anthropology (1938); began studying at the Manhattan School of Music (1945); served overseas in the U.S. Army Special Services Musical Branch (1942); became pianist of Dizzy Gillespie's big band (1946); began working with the Modern Jazz Quartet (1952); became one of the first modern jazz composers to write for popular films, the film "No Sun in Venice" won a Cannes Film Award; the film "Odds against Tomorrow" is considered by many to be one of his most successful film efforts (1959); became the musical director of the Monterey Jazz Festival, a leader and cofounder of Orchestra U.S.A. (1962-1965); head of faculty for the Lennox School of Jazz in Massachusetts; taught improvisation at Harvard University and City College of New York (1975-1982); received honorary doctorates from the University of New Mexico, Columbia College in Chicago, the New England Conservatory of Music, and Berklee College of Music; died 29 March 2001 in New York, New York, United States) |
| Invalid LCCN | n 97873005 |
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