George Lewis
A New Orleans jazz stalwart during the era of the great depression, George Lewis
later found fame in the 1950s when a revival of interest in the city's
traditional music scene highlighted his elegant, virtuoso clarinet style. Born
into a family who first came to America on slave ships from Senegal, he taught
himself to play and started out performing in the 1920s with local acts such as
Black Eagle Band, Buddy Petit, Kid Ory and the Olympia Orchestra.
Times were tough and he worked a day job on the docks to make ends meet, but
when folklorists and jazz historians such as Alan ...
Tiger RagGeorge Lewis and George Lewis & His Ragtime Jazz Band
At The Club Hangover, San Francisco 1953 Vol 1
6:50
Basin Street BluesGeorge Lewis
At The Club Hangover, San Francisco 1953 Vol 1
1:15
Sheik of ArabySteve Angrum/George Lewis and George Lewis
At The Club Hangover, San Francisco 1953 Vol 1
5:02
Basin Street BluesGeorge Lewis and George Lewis & the New Orleans Jazzband
At The Club Hangover, San Francisco 1953 Vol 1
1:19
Careless LoveGeorge Lewis and George Lewis & His Ragtime Jazz Band
7:17
I Can't Give You Anything But Love
George Lewis and Moustach StompersAt The Club Hangover, San Francisco 1953 Vol 1
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