This week we mark the 125th anniversary of the birth of New Orleans clarinetist and bandleader George Lewis, whom the Historic New Orleans Collection called “among the most influential and widely ...

In the annals of New Orleans jazz, clarinetist George Lewis is one of the greats. "Lewis had a beautiful tone. His expression was very lyrical and communicative. His high notes were penetrating. He ...

Program and biographical notes by Bob Koester and Philip F. Elwood on container. Performer(s): Jazz; George Lewis, clarinet, and his ragtime band. Production notes: Recorded in 1953. Recorded in: ...

The clarinet is one of the most important instruments in the foundation of jazz, from its early progenitors Sidney Bechet, Barney Bigard, Johnny Dodds, Edmond Hall and George Lewis to such later famed ...