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John Lewis

Rock music
Jazz
Be bop
In the late 1940s the jazz pianist John Lewis was a member of the rhythm section of Dizzy Gillespie's Orchestra, along with vibe player Milt Jackson, bassist Ray Brown and Kenny Clarke on drums. They formed their own band in 1951 and named it the Milt Jackson Quartet, but shortly after Brown left and they replaced him with Percy Heath and the Modern Jazz Quartet was born. Known as the MJQ, the band has always been a vehicle for Lewis's musical vision and he was at the vanguard of a group of musicians who brought jazz into the respectable mainstream by incorporating classical i...
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QUAND TU VIENS CHEZ MOI MON COEUR
QUAND TU VIENS CHEZ MOI MON COEURCharles Aznavour, John Lewis, Sacha Distel, Eddie Constantine and Annie Fratellini

QUAND TU VIENS CHEZ MOI MON COEUR
QUAND TU VIENS CHEZ MOI MON COEURCharles Aznavour, John Lewis, Sacha Distel, Eddie Constantine and Annie Fratellini

Mean to Me
Mean to MeJohn Lewis, Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Stitt, Percy Heath, Skeeter Best and Charlie Persip

The Modern Jazz Sextet

6:34

I'll Remember April
I'll Remember AprilJohn Lewis and Hank Jones

Evolution

5:30

Sticks
Sticksjsect, John Lewis, Elias Lewis, Joshua Carroll and CRCL

2:31

If You Could See Me Now
If You Could See Me NowJohn Lewis

The Wonderful World Of Jazz

10:23

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