The Shadowgraph Series: Compositions for Creative Orchestra
Released: May 1, 2001
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Released: May 1, 2001
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By the time of this recording, the Canadian-based NOW Orchestra had established itself as perhaps the leading (and one of the few) free-style jazz-oriented large groups in North America. Boasting...
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Endless Shout
Released: Jan 25, 2000
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Released: Jan 25, 2000
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Endless Shout is interesting for the variety of compositional/improvisational styles it presents (not to mention the various moods and approaches) as well as the satisfying array of...
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The Usual Turmoil and Other Duets
Released: Jul 21, 1998
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Released: Jul 21, 1998
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George Lewis records so infrequently as a leader that any new release featuring him on trombone is itself an event. Here, he is featured on trombone in a series of duets with kotoist Miya Masaoka....
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Changing With the Times
Released: Mar 15, 1993
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Released: Mar 15, 1993
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Trombonist/composer George Lewis made a career out of straddling the divide between avant-garde jazz and contemporary "art" music, ranging from his incendiary and amazing work in Anthony Braxton's...
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Solo Trombone Album
Released: Nov 21, 1976
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Released: Nov 21, 1976
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At the time of this, his first solo recording, George Lewis was all of 24 years old, having already served in bands led by artists ranging from Count Basie to, most famously, Anthony Braxton. Yet...
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Conversations
Released: 1998
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Released: 1998
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This series of duets between trombonist George Lewis and bassist Bertham Turetzky is anything but a minimally theoretical recording. Here are workouts ("North Country Diatribe"), songs ("Brief...
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Voyager
Released: 1993
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Released: 1993
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Performed by George E. Lewis on trombones and computer electronics, and Roscoe Mitchell on saxophones, "Voyager" is an interactive computer music composition "which analyzes aspects of an...
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