John Lewis Solo Piano, Live in Munich : Munich Summer Piano Festival 1999 / Dieter Hens, director.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Hens, Dieter, film director.

Lewis, John, performer.

LOFT.

Language:

English

Genre:

Internet videos.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file) : sound, color

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : LOFT, 2000.

System Details:

digital

video file

Summary:

It was his US army comrade, Clark Terry, that convinced John Lewis to embark upon his jazz career. Once service was over, the Illinois native moved to New York and joined Dizzy Gillespie's band as a pianist, soon graduating to composer and arranger before becoming a sought-after sideman for the likes of Charlie Parker (on famous classics, like "Parker's Mood" and "Blues For Alice"), Miles Davis and Ella Fitzgerald. Yet despite these star-studded collaborations, it was his union with Milt Jackson that stamped Lewis' name onto jazz history - the Modern Jazz Quartet - a revolutionary break-off from Gillespie's big band that focused on freedom and complexity, mixing in classical (always big influence on Lewis), blues, cool jazz and, of course, bebop. With Lewis as musical director, the group received world recognition playing restrained, elegant jazz that employed the same counterpoints as baroque music, shot through with a healthy dose of the blues. This concert took place only three years after the MJQ eventually disbanded following five whole decades. It pictures Lewis as a veteran with important wisdom to pass down, an octogenarian, in fact, just a year before he passed away. This is a beautiful and important document; Lewis was an exquisite jewel of a musician who acted as a harbinger for the history of modern, mixed music

Contents:

Sweet Georgia Brown / Ben Bernie

September Song / Kurt Weill

I'll Remember April / John Lewis

I Love You Porgy / George Gershwin

20 East 30 West / John Lewis

Django / John Lewis

Trieste / John Lewis

What Is This Thing Called Love / Cole Porter

Cherokee / Ray Noble

For Ellington / John Lewis

Don't Blame Me / Jimmy McHugh

At The Horse Show / John Lewis

Come Rain Or Come Shine / John Lewis.

Participant:

John Lewis, pianist.

Notes:

Recorded 1999 Munich Summer Piano Festival, Munich, Germany.

Vendor-supplied metadata.

Contains:

Container of: Bernie, Ben. Sweet Georgia Brown.

Container of: Weill, Kurt. September Song.

Container of: Lewis, John. I'll Remember April.

Container of: Gershwin, George. I Love You Porgy.

Container of: Lewis, John. 20 East 30 West.

Container of: Lewis, John. Django.

Container of: Lewis, John. Trieste.

Container of: Porter, Cole. What Is This Thing Called Love.

Container of: Noble, Ray. Cherokee.

Container of: Lewis, John. For Ellington.

Container of: McHugh, Jimmy. Don't Blame Me.

Container of: Lewis, John. At The Horse Show.

Container of: Lewis, John. Come Rain Or Come Shine.

OCLC:

1252974433