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Live At The Village Vanguard

Sep 2010
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Live In Vienna

Feb 2008

Biography

A favorite of Gerry Mulligan, Dizzy Gillespie, and Johnny Mandel, Lewis is a crackingly good drummer who was a major player on the modernist West Coast scene prior to taking over the Thad Jones Orchestra. Whether Cool or Bop, he keeps the beat swinging.

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