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George E. Lewis, the Glossary

George Emanuel Lewis (born July 14, 1952) is an American composer, performer, and scholar of experimental music.^[1]

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Abdul Wadud (musician)

Abdul Wadud (born Ronald Earsall DeVaughn; April 30, 1947 – August 10, 2022) was an American cellist known for his work in jazz and classical settings.

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Albert Ayler

Albert Ayler (July 13, 1936 – November 25, 1970) was an American avant-garde jazz saxophonist, singer and composer.

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Alfred 23 Harth

Alfred Harth, now known as Alfred 23 Harth or A23H, is a German multimedia artist, band leader, multi-instrumentalist musician, and composer who creatively mixes genres.

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AllMusic

AllMusic (previously known as All-Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database.

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Alpert Awards in the Arts

The Herb Alpert Award in the Arts was established in the 1994 by The Herb Alpert Foundation in collaboration with the California Institute of the Arts.

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Alvin Curran

Alvin Curran (born December 13, 1938) is an American composer, performer, improviser, sound artist, and writer. George E. Lewis and Alvin Curran are Tzadik Records artists.

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American Academy of Arts and Letters

The American Academy of Arts and Letters is a 300-member honor society whose goal is to "foster, assist, and sustain excellence" in American literature, music, and art.

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American Academy of Arts and Sciences

The American Academy of Arts and Sciences (The Academy) is one of the oldest learned societies in the United States.

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American Book Awards

The American Book Award is an American literary award that annually recognizes a set of books and people for "outstanding literary achievement".

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American Musicological Society

The American Musicological Society (AMS) is a musicological organization which researches, promotes and produces publications on music.

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Anthony Braxton (born June 4, 1945) is an American experimental composer, educator, music theorist, improviser and multi-instrumentalist who is best known for playing saxophones, particularly the alto. George E. Lewis and Anthony Braxton are Globe Unity Orchestra members, jazz musicians from Illinois, MacArthur Fellows, music & Arts artists, musicians from Chicago, pi Recordings artists, RogueArt artists and Sackville Records artists.

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Anthony Davis (composer)

Anthony Davis (born February 20, 1951) is an American pianist and composer. George E. Lewis and Anthony Davis (composer) are Sackville Records artists.

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Archery (album)

Archery is an album by John Zorn featuring his early "game piece" composition of the same name.

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Arista Records

Arista Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, the American division of the Japanese conglomerate Sony.

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Art Ensemble of Chicago

The Art Ensemble of Chicago is an avant-garde jazz group that grew out of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM) in the late 1960s. George E. Lewis and Art Ensemble of Chicago are pi Recordings artists.

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Aryan Kaganof

Aryan Kaganof (born 1964 as Ian Kerkhof) is a South African film maker, novelist, poet and fine artist.

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Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians

The Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM) is a nonprofit organization, founded in 1965 in Chicago by pianist Muhal Richard Abrams, pianist Jodie Christian, drummer Steve McCall, and composer Phil Cohran.

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Avant Records

Avant Records was a record label in Japan that specialized in avant-garde jazz, avant rock, and experimental music.

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Avant-garde jazz

Avant-garde jazz (also known as avant-jazz, experimental jazz, or "new thing") is a style of music and improvisation that combines avant-garde art music and composition with jazz.

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Barry Guy

Barry John Guy (born 22 April 1947, in London) is an English composer and double bass player. George E. Lewis and Barry Guy are Incus Records artists and Psi Records artists.

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Benjamin Willis (educator)

Benjamin Coppage Willis (December 23, 1901 – August 27, 1988) was an educator and school administrator who served as superintendent of various school districts, most notably as superintendent of Chicago Public Schools.

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Bertram Turetzky

Bertram Jay Turetzky (born February 14, 1933) is a contemporary American double bass (contrabass) soloist, composer, teacher, and author of The Contemporary Contrabass (1974, 1989), a book that looked at a number of new and interesting ways of playing the double bass including featuring it as a solo performance vehicle with no other instrumental accompaniment. George E. Lewis and Bertram Turetzky are Incus Records artists.

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Big Science (Laurie Anderson album)

Big Science is the debut studio album by American performance artist and musician Laurie Anderson.

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Black Saint/Soul Note

Black Saint and Soul Note are two affiliated Italian independent record labels.

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Bridge Records

Bridge Records is an independent record label that specializes in classical music located in New Rochelle, New York.

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British Academy

The British Academy for the Promotion of Historical, Philosophical and Philological Studies is the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and the social sciences.

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Buchla Lightning

The Buchla Lightning is the second in a series of MIDI controllers developed by Don Buchla.

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Budding of a Rose

Budding of a Rose is a studio album by American jazz trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith with a large ensemble.

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La Communauté électroacoustique canadienne (CEC; English: The Canadian Electroacoustic Community) is Canada's national electroacoustic / computer music / sonic arts organization and is dedicated to promoting this progressive art form in its broadest definition: from "pure" acousmatic and computer music to soundscape and sonic art to hardware hacking and beyond.

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Celluloid Records

Celluloid Records, a French/American record label, founded by Jean Georgakarakos (sometimes shortened to Jean Karakos) operated from 1976 to 1989 in New York City, and produced a series of eclectic and ground-breaking releases, particularly in the early to late 1980s, largely under the auspices of de facto in-house producer Bill Laswell.

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Charles Mingus

Charles Mingus Jr. (April 22, 1922 – January 5, 1979) was an American jazz upright bassist, composer, bandleader, pianist, and author.

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Charly Records

Charly Records is a British record label that specialises in reissued material. George E. Lewis and Charly Records are Charly Records artists.

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Chicago Public Schools boycott

The Chicago Public Schools boycott, also known as Freedom Day, was a mass boycott and demonstration against the segregationist policies of the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) on October 22, 1963.

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Claire Chase

Claire Chase (born 1978) is a soloist, collaborative artist, curator and advocate for new and experimental music. George E. Lewis and Claire Chase are MacArthur Fellows.

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Columbia University

Columbia University, officially Columbia University in the City of New York, is a private Ivy League research university in New York City.

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Computer music

Computer music is the application of computing technology in music composition, to help human composers create new music or to have computers independently create music, such as with algorithmic composition programs.

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Conny Bauer

Konrad "Conny" Bauer (born 4 July 1943) is a German free jazz trombonist. George E. Lewis and Conny Bauer are 21st-century trombonists and free jazz trombonists.

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Contemporary classical music

Contemporary classical music is Western art music composed close to the present day.

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Contrasts (Sam Rivers album)

Contrasts is an album by American jazz saxophonist Sam Rivers recorded in December 1979 and released on ECM the following year.

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Count Basie

William James "Count" Basie (August 21, 1904 – April 26, 1984) was an American jazz pianist, organist, bandleader, and composer.

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Craig Harris

Craig S. Harris (born September 10, 1953) is an American jazz trombonist, who started working with Sun Ra in 1976. George E. Lewis and Craig Harris are 21st-century trombonists, American jazz trombonists, American male trombonists, Black Saint/Soul Note artists and free jazz trombonists.

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Creative Orchestra (Köln) 1978

Creative Orchestra (Köln) 1978 is a live album by American composer and saxophonist Anthony Braxton.

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Creative Orchestra Music 1976

Creative Orchestra Music 1976 is an album by American jazz saxophonist and composer Anthony Braxton recorded in 1976 and released on the Arista label.

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Crosstalk: American Speech Music

Crosstalk: American Speech Music is a compilation album of speech-based music by various composers, poets, visual artists and DJs.

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Dave Holland

David Holland (born 1 October 1946) is an English double bassist, bass guitarist, cellist, composer and bandleader who has been performing and recording for five decades. George E. Lewis and Dave Holland are Sackville Records artists.

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David Behrman

David Behrman (born August 16, 1937) is an American composer and a pioneer of computer music.

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David Murray (saxophonist)

David Keith Murray (born February 19, 1955) is an American jazz saxophonist and composer who performs mostly on tenor and bass clarinet. George E. Lewis and David Murray (saxophonist) are Black Saint/Soul Note artists.

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Derek Bailey (guitarist)

Derek Bailey (29 January 1930 – 25 December 2005) was an English avant-garde guitarist and an important figure in the free improvisation movement. George E. Lewis and Derek Bailey (guitarist) are Incus Records artists and Tzadik Records artists.

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Dizzy Gillespie

John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie (October 21, 1917 – January 6, 1993) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, composer, educator and singer.

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Documenta

Documenta (often stylized documenta) is an exhibition of contemporary art which takes place every five years in Kassel, Germany.

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Don Ritter (artist)

Don Ritter (born 1959) is a visual, sound and media artist known for his interactive electronic installation works.

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Donaueschingen (Duo) 1976

Donaueschingen (Duo) 1976 is a live album by American composer and saxophonist Anthony Braxton and trombonist George E. Lewis recorded in Germany in 1976 but not released on the hatART label until 1994.

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Dortmund (Quartet) 1976

Dortmund (Quartet) 1976 is a live album by American composer and saxophonist Anthony Braxton recorded in Germany in 1976 but not released on the hatART label until 1991.

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Douglas Ewart

Douglas R. Ewart (born 13 September 1946 in Kingston, Jamaica) is a Jamaican multi-instrumentalist and instrument builder.

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Duke Ellington

Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and leader of his eponymous jazz orchestra from 1923 through the rest of his life. George E. Lewis and Duke Ellington are music & Arts artists.

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Duke Ellington Fellowship Program

The Duke Ellington Fellowship Program is a community-based organization which sponsors artists mentoring and performing with Yale University students and young musicians from the New Haven public school system.

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ECM Records

ECM (Edition of Contemporary Music) is an independent record label founded by Karl Egger, Manfred Eicher and Manfred Scheffner in Munich in 1969.

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Elements of Surprise

Elements of Surprise is a live album by saxophonist Anthony Braxton and trombonist George E. Lewis recorded at the Moers Festival in Germany in 1976 and originally released on the Moers Music label.

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Ensemble (Victoriaville) 1988

Ensemble (Victoriaville) 1988 is a live album by American composer and saxophonist Anthony Braxton recorded in 1988 and released on the Victo label.

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Ensemble Dal Niente

Ensemble Dal Niente is a contemporary classical music ensemble based in Chicago, Illinois, that performs acoustic and electroacoustic chamber music.

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Eugene Chadbourne

Eugene Chadbourne (born January 4, 1954) is an American banjoist, guitarist and music critic. George E. Lewis and Eugene Chadbourne are Incus Records artists.

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Evan Parker

Evan Shaw Parker (born 5 April 1944) is a British tenor and soprano saxophone player who plays free improvisation. George E. Lewis and Evan Parker are Globe Unity Orchestra members, Incus Records artists, Psi Records artists, RogueArt artists and Tzadik Records artists.

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Experimental music

Experimental music is a general label for any music or music genre that pushes existing boundaries and genre definitions.

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FMP/Free Music Production

Free Music Production (FMP) is a German record label that specialises in free jazz.

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Four Compositions (Quartet) 1983

Four Compositions (Quartet) 1983 is an album by American saxophonist and composer Anthony Braxton recorded in 1983 for the Italian Black Saint label.

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Fred Anderson (musician)

Fred Anderson (March 22, 1929 – June 24, 2010) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist who was based in Chicago, Illinois.

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Frederic Rzewski

Frederic Anthony Rzewski (April 13, 1938 – June 26, 2021) was an American composer and pianist, considered to be one of the most important American composer-pianists of his time. George E. Lewis and Frederic Rzewski are members of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and music & Arts artists.

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From Saxophone & Trombone

From Saxophone & Trombone is a live album by saxophonist Evan Parker and trombonist George Lewis.

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Gary Valente

Gary Valente (born June 26, 1953) is a jazz trombonist. George E. Lewis and Gary Valente are 21st-century trombonists, American jazz trombonists and American male trombonists.

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Gil Evans

Ian Ernest Gilmore Evans (né Green; May 13, 1912 – March 20, 1988) was a Canadian–American jazz pianist, arranger, composer and bandleader.

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Give and Take (John Lindberg album)

Give and Take is an album by American jazz double-bassist John Lindberg, George E. Lewis and Barry Altschul, recorded in 1982 for the Italian Black Saint label.

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Globe Unity Orchestra

The Globe Unity Orchestra is a free jazz ensemble.

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Gramavision Records

Gramavision Records is an American record label founded in 1979.

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Guggenheim Fellowship

Guggenheim Fellowships are grants that have been awarded annually since by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, endowed by the late Simon and Olga Hirsh Guggenheim.

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Guillermo E. Brown

Guillermo E. Brown (aka Pegasus Warning) is a multi-disciplinary performer whose works include Soul at the Hands of the Machine, The Beat Kids' Open Rhythm System and Sound Magazine, Black Dreams 1.0,...Is Arturo Klauft, Handeheld, Shuffle Mode, WOOF TICKET EP, PwEP2, forthcoming full-length album Dream&Destroy and performance piece Bee Boy. George E. Lewis and Guillermo E. Brown are pi Recordings artists.

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Han Bennink

Han Bennink (born 17 April 1942) is a Dutch drummer and percussionist. George E. Lewis and Han Bennink are Incus Records artists and Psi Records artists.

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Harvard University

Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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Hat Hut Records

Hathut Records is a Swiss record company and label founded by Werner Xavier Uehlinger in 1974 that specializes in jazz and classical music.

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Hidden Voices is an album by the Anthony Davis/James Newton Quartet recorded in 1979 for the India Navigation label.

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Homage to Charles Parker

Homage to Charles Parker is an album by American jazz trombonist/composer George Lewis.

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Home (David Murray album)

Home is an album by David Murray, released in 1982 on the Italian Black Saint label and the second to feature his Octet.

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Incus Records

Incus Records is a British record company and label founded by Derek Bailey, Tony Oxley, Evan Parker and Michael Walters that specializes in free jazz and improvised music.

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India Navigation

India Navigation was an American record company and independent record label that specialized in avant-garde jazz in the 1970s and 1980s.

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Innova Recordings

Innova Recordings is the independent record label of the non-profit American Composers Forum based in St. Paul, Minnesota.

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Instant Composers Pool

Instant Composers Pool (ICP) is an independent Dutch jazz and improvised music label and orchestra.

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International Contemporary Ensemble

The International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE) is a contemporary classical music ensemble, based in New York City and Chicago.

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Irène Schweizer

Irène Schweizer (2 June 1941 – 16 July 2024) was a Swiss jazz and free improvising pianist.

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IRCAM

IRCAM (French: Ircam,, English: Institute for Research and Coordination in Acoustics/Music) is a French institute dedicated to the research of music and sound, especially in the fields of avant garde and electro-acoustical art music.

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J. D. Parran

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James Newton

James W. Newton (born May 1, 1953) is an American jazz and classical flutist.

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Jeannie Cheatham

Jean E. Evans (born August 14, 1927) is an American blues and jazz singer, pianist, and composer.

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Jeff Parker (musician)

Jeff Parker (born April 4, 1967) is an American guitarist and composer based in Los Angeles.

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Jerome Rothenberg

Jerome Rothenberg (December 11, 1931 – April 21, 2024) was an American poet, translator and anthologist, noted for his work in the fields of ethnopoetics and performance poetry. George E. Lewis and Jerome Rothenberg are American Book Award winners.

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Jo Jones

Jonathan David Samuel Jones (October 7, 1911 – September 3, 1985) was an American jazz drummer. George E. Lewis and jo Jones are jazz musicians from Illinois and musicians from Chicago.

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Joëlle Léandre

Joëlle Léandre (born 12 September 1951 in Aix-en-Provence, France) is a French double bassist, vocalist, and composer active in new music and free improvisation. George E. Lewis and Joëlle Léandre are RogueArt artists.

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John Zorn

John Zorn (born September 2, 1953) is an American composer, conductor, saxophonist, arranger and producer who "deliberately resists category". George E. Lewis and John Zorn are MacArthur Fellows and Tzadik Records artists.

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Joseph Jarman

Joseph Jarman (September 14, 1937 – January 9, 2019) was an American jazz musician, composer, poet, and Shinshu Buddhist priest. George E. Lewis and Joseph Jarman are jazz musicians from Illinois and musicians from Chicago.

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Kaffe Matthews

Kaffe Matthews is a British electronic composer and sound artist.

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Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre

Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre (March 24, 1936 – November 9, 2013), Nytimes.com was an American free jazz tenor saxophonist. George E. Lewis and Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre are Black Saint/Soul Note artists.

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Karl E. H. Seigfried

Karl E. H. Seigfried is a German–American jazz, rock, and classical bassist, guitarist, composer, bandleader, writer and educator based in Chicago. George E. Lewis and Karl E. H. Seigfried are jazz musicians from Illinois.

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Kassel

Kassel (in Germany, spelled Cassel until 1926) is a city on the Fulda River in northern Hesse, in central Germany.

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Kent Carter

Kent Carter (born June 14, 1939 in Hanover, New Hampshire) is an American jazz bassist. George E. Lewis and Kent Carter are Incus Records artists.

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L-R-G / The Maze / S II Examples

L-R-G / The Maze / S II Examples is an album by American jazz saxophonist Roscoe Mitchell, recorded in 1978 and released as a double LP on Nessa Records.

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Laurie Anderson

Laura Phillips "Laurie" Anderson (born June 5, 1947) is an American avant-garde artist, musician and filmmaker whose work spans performance art, pop music, and multimedia projects.

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Leroy Jenkins (musician)

Leroy Jenkins (March 11, 1932 – February 24, 2007) was an American composer and violinist/violist. George E. Lewis and Leroy Jenkins (musician) are Black Saint/Soul Note artists, jazz musicians from Illinois, musicians from Chicago and pi Recordings artists.

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Live at Taktlos

Live at Taktlos is a live album by pianist Irène Schweizer.

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Live at the Public Theater (New York 1980)

Live at the Public Theater (New York 1980) is a live album by jazz composer, arranger, conductor and pianist Gil Evans recorded in New York in 1980 by Evans with an orchestra featuring Arthur Blythe, Hamiet Bluiett, and Lew Soloff and originally released from Japanese Trio label in two volumes.

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MacArthur Fellows Program

The MacArthur Fellows Program, also known as the MacArthur Fellowship and colloquially called the "Genius Grant", is a prize awarded annually by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation to typically between 20 and 30 individuals working in any field who have shown "extraordinary originality and dedication in their creative pursuits and a marked capacity for self-direction" and are citizens or residents of the United States. George E. Lewis and MacArthur Fellows Program are MacArthur Fellows.

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Malachi Favors

Malachi Favors (August 22, 1927 – January 30, 2004) was an American jazz bassist who played with the Art Ensemble of Chicago. George E. Lewis and Malachi Favors are jazz musicians from Illinois.

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Mama and Daddy

Mama and Daddy is an album by Muhal Richard Abrams.

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Marina Rosenfeld

Marina Rosenfeld is an American composer, sound artist and visual artist based in New York City.

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Marion Williams

Marion Williams (August 29, 1927 – July 2, 1994) was an American gospel singer. George E. Lewis and Marion Williams are MacArthur Fellows.

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Mary Oliver (violinist)

Mary Oliver (born in La Jolla, California) is an American performer on violin, viola, and Hardanger fiddle, in the areas of New Music, free improvisation, and avant-garde jazz.

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Max Roach

Maxwell Lemuel Roach (January 10, 1924 – August 16, 2007) was an American jazz drummer and composer. George E. Lewis and Max Roach are MacArthur Fellows.

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Memory Serves

Memory Serves is a 1981 album by the New York based No Wave music group Material.

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Mendi & Keith Obadike

Mendi Obadike (born 1973) and Keith Obadike (born 1973) are a Black American couple who are artists and educators, of Igbo Nigerian heritage.

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Michel Portal

Michel Portal (born 27 November 1935) is a French composer, saxophonist, and clarinetist.

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Mikroton Recordings

Mikroton Recordings is an independent record label for experimental electronic music, founded by Kurt Liedwart and based in Biel, Switzerland.

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Ming (album)

Ming is an album by David Murray, released in 1980 on the Italian Black Saint label and the first to feature his Octet.

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Misha Mengelberg

Misha Mengelberg (5 June 1935 – 3 March 2017) was a Dutch jazz pianist and composer. George E. Lewis and Misha Mengelberg are Psi Records artists.

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Miya Masaoka

Miya Masaoka (born 1958, Washington, D.C.) is an American composer, musician, and sound artist active in the field of contemporary classical music and experimental music. George E. Lewis and Miya Masaoka are music & Arts artists and RogueArt artists.

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Moers Festival

The Moers Festival is an annual international music festival in Moers, Germany.

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Moers Music

Moers Music is a German jazz record label that was founded by Burkhard Hennen in Moers, Germany.

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Moog synthesizer

The Moog synthesizer is a modular synthesizer invented by the American engineer Robert Moog in 1964.

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More News for Lulu

More News for Lulu is the second album of hard bop compositions performed by John Zorn, George Lewis, and Bill Frisell.

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Muhal Richard Abrams

Muhal Richard Abrams (born Richard Lewis Abrams; September 19, 1930 – October 29, 2017) was an American educator, administrator, composer, arranger, clarinetist, cellist, and jazz pianist in the free jazz medium. George E. Lewis and Muhal Richard Abrams are pi Recordings artists.

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Muse Records

Muse Records was a jazz record company and label founded in New York City by Joe Fields in 1972.

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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago

The Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) Chicago is a contemporary art museum near Water Tower Place in Near North Side of Chicago, Illinois, United States.

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Music & Arts

Music & Arts is a classical and jazz record label founded in Berkeley, California by Frederick Maroth.

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Musica Elettronica Viva

Musica Elettronica Viva (MEV) is a live acoustic/electronic improvisational group formed in Rome, Italy, in 1966.

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Nessa Records

Nessa Records is an American jazz record label founded in Chicago in 1967 by producer Chuck Nessa.

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New College of Florida

New College of Florida is a public liberal arts college in Sarasota, Florida.

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New Interfaces for Musical Expression

New Interfaces for Musical Expression, also known as NIME, is an international conference dedicated to scientific research on the development of new technologies and their role in musical expression and artistic performance.

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New World Records

New World Records is a record label that was established in 1975 through a Rockefeller Foundation grant to celebrate America's bicentennial (1976) by producing a 100-LP anthology, with American music from many genres.

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News for Lulu

News for Lulu is an album of hard bop compositions performed by saxophonist John Zorn, trombonist George Lewis and guitarist Bill Frisell.

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News from the 70s

News from the 70s is an album by Anthony Braxton that compiles previously unreleased live tracks recorded during 1971–1976.

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Nicole Mitchell (musician)

Nicole Mitchell (born 1967) is an American jazz flautist and composer who teaches jazz at the University of Virginia. George E. Lewis and Nicole Mitchell (musician) are RogueArt artists.

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Nine to Get Ready

Nine to Get Ready is an album by American jazz saxophonist and composer Roscoe Mitchell recorded in May 1997 and released on ECM in 1999.

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Nine Winds

Nine Winds is an American jazz record label that was founded in 1977 by Vinny Golia.

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Nonaah

Nonaah is a double album recorded in 1976-77 by Roscoe Mitchell.

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Paul Lytton

Paul Lytton (born 8 March 1947, London) is an English free jazz and free improvising percussionist. George E. Lewis and Paul Lytton are Globe Unity Orchestra members, Incus Records artists and Psi Records artists.

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Paul Rutherford (trombonist)

Paul William Rutherford (29 February 1940 – 5 August 2007) was an English free improvising trombonist. George E. Lewis and Paul Rutherford (trombonist) are free jazz trombonists, Incus Records artists and Psi Records artists.

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Pauline Oliveros

Pauline Oliveros (May 30, 1932 – November 24, 2016) was an American composer, accordionist and a central figure in the development of post-war experimental and electronic music.

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Pete Cosey

Peter Palus Cosey (October 9, 1943 – May 30, 2012) was an American guitarist who played with Miles Davis' band between 1973 and 1975. George E. Lewis and Pete Cosey are jazz musicians from Illinois.

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Pi Recordings

Pi Recordings is a jazz record label founded by Seth Rosner in 2001. George E. Lewis and Pi Recordings are pi Recordings artists.

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Prospectus (album)

Prospectus is a live album by soprano saxophonist Steve Lacy, which was recorded in France in 1982 and first released on the hat ART label in 1983 as a double LP.

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Psi Records

Psi Records is an independent record label that was founded by saxophonist Evan Parker, and that focuses on free improvisation.

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Quincy Troupe

Quincy Thomas Troupe, Jr. (born July 22, 1939) is an American poet, editor, journalist and professor emeritus at the University of California, San Diego, in La Jolla, California. George E. Lewis and Quincy Troupe are American Book Award winners.

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Quintet (Basel) 1977

Quintet (Basel) 1977 is an album by the American composer and saxophonist Anthony Braxton, recorded in Switzerland in 1977 but not released on the hatOLOGY label until 2000.

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Ray Anderson (musician)

Ray Anderson (born October 16, 1952) is an American jazz trombonist. George E. Lewis and Ray Anderson (musician) are 21st-century trombonists, American jazz trombonists, American male trombonists and Black Saint/Soul Note artists.

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RCA Records

RCA Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America.

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Rhys Chatham

Rhys Chatham (born September 19, 1952) is an American composer, guitarist, trumpet player, multi-instrumentalist (flutes in C, alto and bass, keyboard), primarily active in avant-garde and minimalist music.

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Richard Teitelbaum

Richard Lowe Teitelbaum (May 19, 1939 – April 9, 2020) was an American composer, keyboardist, and improvisor.

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RogueArt

RogueArt (also written Rogueart and Rogue Art) is a French independent record label based in Paris.

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Roscoe Mitchell

Roscoe Mitchell (born August 3, 1940) is an American composer, jazz instrumentalist, and educator, known for being "a technically superb – if idiosyncratic – saxophonist". George E. Lewis and Roscoe Mitchell are Black Saint/Soul Note artists, jazz musicians from Illinois, musicians from Chicago, pi Recordings artists, RogueArt artists and Sackville Records artists.

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Roscoe Mitchell Quartet

Roscoe Mitchell Quartet is an album by American jazz saxophonist Roscoe Mitchell recorded in 1975 and released on the Canadian Sackville label.

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Sabu Toyozumi

Yoshisaburo "Sabu" Toyozumi (born Tsurumi, Yokohama; 1943Rusch, Bob "The Questionnaire", Cadence Volume 15, Number 2, 1989) is one of the small group of musical pioneers who comprised the first generation playing free improvisation music in Japan.

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Sackville Records

Sackville Records was a Canadian record company and label that specialized in jazz. George E. Lewis and Sackville Records are Sackville Records artists.

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Sam Rivers (jazz musician)

Samuel Carthorne Rivers (September 25, 1923 – December 26, 2011) was an American jazz musician and composer. George E. Lewis and Sam Rivers (jazz musician) are jazz musicians from Illinois.

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Sketches from Bamboo

Sketches from Bamboo is an album by saxophonist Roscoe Mitchell.

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Slam Stewart

Leroy Eliot "Slam" Stewart (September 21, 1914December 10, 1987) was an American jazz double bass player, whose trademark style was his ability to bow the bass (arco) and simultaneously hum or sing an octave higher.

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Slideride

Slideride is an album by trombonists Ray Anderson, Craig Harris, George Lewis, and Gary Valente which was released on the hat ART label in 1995.

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Sonic Rivers

Sonic Rivers is a collaborative studio album by trombonist George Lewis, trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith, and saxophonist John Zorn.

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SoundDance

SoundDance is a two-disc live album by pianist Muhal Richard Abrams.

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Space Minds, New Worlds, Survival of America

Space Minds, New Worlds, Survival of America is an album by violinist and composer Leroy Jenkins.

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Spihumonesty

Spihumonesty is an album by Muhal Richard Abrams, released on the Italian Black Saint label in 1979.

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Spool (record label)

Spool is a Canadian record label which was founded 1997 in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada.

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Stan Douglas

Stan Douglas (born October 11, 1960) is a Canadian artist based in Vancouver, British Columbia.

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Steve Lacy (saxophonist)

Steve Lacy (born Steven Norman Lackritz; July 23, 1934 – June 4, 2004) was an American jazz saxophonist and composer recognized as one of the important players of soprano saxophone. George E. Lewis and Steve Lacy (saxophonist) are Globe Unity Orchestra members, MacArthur Fellows and Tzadik Records artists.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_E._Lewis

Also known as George E Lewis, George Emanuel Lewis, George Lewis (trombonist).

, Don Ritter (artist), Donaueschingen (Duo) 1976, Dortmund (Quartet) 1976, Douglas Ewart, Duke Ellington, Duke Ellington Fellowship Program, ECM Records, Elements of Surprise, Ensemble (Victoriaville) 1988, Ensemble Dal Niente, Eugene Chadbourne, Evan Parker, Experimental music, FMP/Free Music Production, Four Compositions (Quartet) 1983, Fred Anderson (musician), Frederic Rzewski, From Saxophone & Trombone, Gary Valente, Gil Evans, Give and Take (John Lindberg album), Globe Unity Orchestra, Gramavision Records, Guggenheim Fellowship, Guillermo E. Brown, Han Bennink, Harvard University, Hat Hut Records, Hidden Voices (album), Homage to Charles Parker, Home (David Murray album), Incus Records, India Navigation, Innova Recordings, Instant Composers Pool, International Contemporary Ensemble, Irène Schweizer, IRCAM, J. D. Parran, James Newton, Jeannie Cheatham, Jeff Parker (musician), Jerome Rothenberg, Jo Jones, Joëlle Léandre, John Zorn, Joseph Jarman, Kaffe Matthews, Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre, Karl E. H. Seigfried, Kassel, Kent Carter, L-R-G / The Maze / S II Examples, Laurie Anderson, Leroy Jenkins (musician), Live at Taktlos, Live at the Public Theater (New York 1980), MacArthur Fellows Program, Malachi Favors, Mama and Daddy, Marina Rosenfeld, Marion Williams, Mary Oliver (violinist), Max Roach, Memory Serves, Mendi & Keith Obadike, Michel Portal, Mikroton Recordings, Ming (album), Misha Mengelberg, Miya Masaoka, Moers Festival, Moers Music, Moog synthesizer, More News for Lulu, Muhal Richard Abrams, Muse Records, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Music & Arts, Musica Elettronica Viva, Nessa Records, New College of Florida, New Interfaces for Musical Expression, New World Records, News for Lulu, News from the 70s, Nicole Mitchell (musician), Nine to Get Ready, Nine Winds, Nonaah, Paul Lytton, Paul Rutherford (trombonist), Pauline Oliveros, Pete Cosey, Pi Recordings, Prospectus (album), Psi Records, Quincy Troupe, Quintet (Basel) 1977, Ray Anderson (musician), RCA Records, Rhys Chatham, Richard Teitelbaum, RogueArt, Roscoe Mitchell, Roscoe Mitchell Quartet, Sabu Toyozumi, Sackville Records, Sam Rivers (jazz musician), Sketches from Bamboo, Slam Stewart, Slideride, Sonic Rivers, SoundDance, Space Minds, New Worlds, Survival of America, Spihumonesty, Spool (record label), Stan Douglas, Steve Lacy (saxophonist), Steve McCall (drummer), Streaming (album), Tetralogy (album), The Kitchen (art institution), The Montreux/Berlin Concerts, The Storming of the Winter Palace (album), Tomato Records, Tony Williams (drummer), Tzadik Records, United States Artists, United Steelworkers, University of California, San Diego, University of Chicago, University of Chicago Laboratory Schools, University of Edinburgh, University of Pennsylvania, Vinny Golia, Wadada Leo Smith, Warner Records, William Warfield, Willie "the Lion" Smith, Yale University, Yankees (album), You Can't Name Your Own Tune.

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