Meade "Lux" Lewis

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OBITUARY: Clare Fischer Dies at 83; Versatile Pianist, Composer, Arranger

12:49 PM — Jan 27 —
Source: All About Jazz

Clare Fischer, a Grammy-winning pianist, composer and arranger who crossed freely from jazz to Latin and pop music, working with Dizzy Gillespie, George Shearing, Natalie Cole and Joao Gilberto as well as Paul McCartney, Prince, Spike Lee and Michael Jackson, has died. Read More

RADIO/PODCAST: Battle of the Bands This Week on Riverwalk Jazz

4:15 PM — Aug 18 —
Source: All About Jazz

Hot jazz pianist David Boeddinghaus faced single combat" with JCJB pianist John Sheridan for a rousing boogie-woogie on Honky Tonk Train Blues" by Meade Lux Lewis. Read More

Jazz pianist George Shearing dies at 91

3:52 AM — Feb 16 —
Source: The News & Observer - Raleigh NC

Born in 1919 in the Battersea district of London to working-class Cockney parents, Shearing was one of nine children and was blind from birth. Read More

Northport Public Library hosts The Northport Rotary Jazz Concert with The Gail Storm Quartet

12:45 PM — Nov 3 —
Source: Northport Patch - Northport NY

Join us for an evening of swinging jazz standards with some soothing ballads and sizzling boogie woogie thrown in as the Library presents The Gail Storm Quartet. Read More

Soprano Sax: The Story Of A Skinny Horn

9:14 AM — Oct 12 —
Source: NPR

Sidney Bechet was the first jazz musician to use soprano saxophone extensively, and is widely regarded as the grand master of the instrument. Read More

Meade "Lux" Lewis

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One of the three great boogie-woogie pianists (along with Albert Ammons and Pete Johnson) whose appearance at John Hammond's... Read the full Meade "Lux" Lewis bio.

Meade "Lux" Lewis