Jimmy Lewis (bassist)

Jimmy Lewis
Birth name James Lewis
Born (1918-04-11)April 11, 1918
Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Origin Nashville, Tennessee
Died 2000
New York City
Genres jazz, R&B, soul
Occupation(s) bassist
Instruments Double bass, bass guitar
Years active 1950s to 1980s
Associated acts Count Basie
Duke Ellington
Cootie Williams
King Curtis
Alberta Hunter

James "Jimmy" Lewis was a United States bassist who worked with the Count Basie Orchestra and sextet in the 1950s and performed with Duke Ellington, Cootie Williams, Billie Holiday and Ivory Joe Hunter before moving to electric bass during his tenure with King Curtis and later provided the basslines for the musical Hair.[1] Lewis freelanced extensively and performed on many albums by soul and jazz musicians including Horace Silver and the Modern Jazz Quartet up until the late 1980s.[2] He died in 2000.[3]

Discography

With Count Basie

With Billy Butler

With David Clayton-Thomas

With Sam Cooke

With King Curtis

With Lou Donaldson

With Byrdie Green

With Grant Green

With Tiny Grimes

With John Hammond

With Richard "Groove" Holmes

With Alberta Hunter

With Willis Jackson

With Boogaloo Joe Jones

With Charles Kynard

With Johnny Lytle

With Freddie McCoy

With Galt MacDermot

With the Modern Jazz Quartet

With Idris Muhammad

With Mark Murphy

With Houston Person

With Sonny Phillips

With Wilson Pickett

With Dave Pike

With Arthur Prysock

With Otis Redding

With Horace Silver

With Johnny "Hammond" Smith

With Buddy Terry

With Charles Williams

References

  1. ↑ Rowe, Monk. "Hamilton College Jazz Archive: Jimmy Lewis Interview". Hamilton College (New York). Retrieved 12 November 2014.
  2. ↑ McClellan, L., The Later Swing Era, 1942 to 1955, Greenwood, 2004, p 245
  3. ↑ Associated Musicians of Greater New York: Requiem May 2000 accessed November 12, 2014
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