John Lewis is one of the earliest experimenters in co-joining jazz and classical music in what became known as The Third Stream. Now despite that pedigree and his abiding interests in baroque music, John Lewis is a consummate bluesman. Charles Mingus once described three or four shades of the blues, and what starts out as something else often ends up bluesy in the proper hands. For NPRJazz, I'm Willard Jenkins . The Modern Jazz Quartet - John Lewis A synopsis of part two in a special edition of NPR's Jazz Profiles on the Modern Jazz Quartet, focusing on John Lewis.
Synopsis features audio clips from the broadcast.
The Group A synopsis of part one in a special edition of NPR's Jazz Profiles on the Modern Jazz Quartet, focusing on The Group. Synopsis features audio clips from the broadcast.