{"title":"John Lewis","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eBorn John Aaron Lewis on 3 May 1920 in La Grange, Illinois, John Lewis moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico aged two months, raised by his grandmother after his mother's death when he was four. He began classical piano aged seven and studied music and anthropology at the University of New Mexico. In 1942, he entered the Army and played piano with Kenny Clarke, who influenced him to move to New York in 1945. He studied at Manhattan School of Music (master's degree 1953) whilst working with Dizzy Gillespie's big band from 1946 as pianist, composer, and arranger, replacing Thelonious Monk. He wrote \"Toccata for Trumpet and Orchestra\" (1947, premiered Carnegie Hall), \"Two Bass Hit\", \"Emanon\", and arranged for Miles Davis' Birth of the Cool (1949-50). He also worked with Charlie Parker, Lester Young, and Ella Fitzgerald.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eIn 1951, the Milt Jackson Quartet formed with Lewis, Jackson, Kenny Clarke, and Ray Brown. In 1952, Percy Heath replaced Brown and the group became the Modern Jazz Quartet with Lewis as musical director. Connie Kay replaced Clarke in 1955, establishing the classic lineup until 1974. Lewis transformed the group from bebop into refined chamber jazz, creating music where improvised and arranged sections were of equal importance. The MJQ disbanded in 1974, reformed in 1981, and continued until Jackson's death in 1999. His compositions included \"Django\" (written for Django Reinhardt), \"Afternoon in Paris\", \"Vendome\", and \"Concorde\". He composed film scores for Odds Against Tomorrow (1959) and The Tempest (1979), was part of the Third Stream movement, and served as musical director for Monterey Jazz Festival (1958-82). Named 2001 NEA Jazz Master, Lewis died 29 March 2001 in New York.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"john-lewis-sacha-distel-afternoon-in-paris-1958-japanese-atlantic-atl-5013-original-lp-mono","title":"John Lewis \u0026 Sacha Distel - Afternoon in Paris (1958 Japanese Atlantic ATL-5013 Original LP, Mono)","description":"\u003cp data-end=\"1214\" data-start=\"1061\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eVinyl\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e: NM\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSleeve\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e: EX\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eObi:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNone\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOur grading system explained \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/dpbg4u-d1.myshopify.com\/pages\/secondhand-grading-guide\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ehere\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePhoto is of the actual item.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJohn Lewis \u0026amp; Sacha Distel - \u003cem\u003eAfternoon in Paris\u003c\/em\u003e | Vinyl LP - 1958 Japanese Atlantic ATL-5013 Original Mono Pressing (Victor Record Company Ltd.)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRecorded in Paris on 4 and 7 December 1956\u003c\/strong\u003e; a co-led session by MJQ pianist John Lewis and French guitarist Sacha Distel\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe B-side is effectively the Modern Jazz Quartet minus Milt Jackson\u003c\/strong\u003e: Lewis on piano, Percy Heath on bass, Kenny Clarke (the MJQ's original drummer, since replaced by Kay) on drums, extended into a quintet with Distel on guitar and Wilen on tenor\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e1958 original Japanese Atlantic pressing\u003c\/strong\u003e manufactured by Victor Record Company Ltd., mono, in flip-back cover\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJohn Lewis was in Paris with the Modern Jazz Quartet in November and December 1956. While there, he recorded two sessions for the French label Disques Versailles with a small group built around Sacha Distel on guitar and Barney Wilen on tenor saxophone. Distel, then 22, was already a respected figure in French jazz circles. Wilen, born in Nice to a French mother and an American father, was 19. Within a year he would be playing on Miles Davis's \u003cem\u003eAscenseur pour l'échafaud\u003c\/em\u003e soundtrack, alongside Pierre Michelot and Kenny Clarke — two of the same musicians who appear here. The album was recorded across two dates in December 1956, with different rhythm sections for each. Side A uses Connie Kay on drums and Michelot on bass; Side B uses Kenny Clarke and Percy Heath. Clarke, Kay, Heath and Lewis were, between them, the core of the Modern Jazz Quartet — Clarke having been the MJQ's original drummer before Connie Kay succeeded him in 1955.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe six tracks divide between jazz standards and one Lewis original. \"I Cover the Waterfront,\" \"Dear Old Stockholm,\" \"All the Things You Are\" and \"Willow Weep for Me\" are the standards; \"Bags' Groove\" is Milt Jackson's blues — the absent MJQ vibraphonist's most famous composition, played here without him. The title track, \"Afternoon in Paris,\" is by Lewis. Wilen's solos throughout are relaxed and large-toned for a player his age; the American critical reception at the time noted the surprise of his playing on \"Bags' Groove\" in particular. The album was licensed by Atlantic for the American market in 1957, with cover design by Marvin Israel and liner notes by Ralph J. Gleason. This Japanese pressing (ATL-5013) was manufactured by Victor Record Company Ltd. in 1958, the year following the US release.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43283554435131,"sku":null,"price":75.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/3203\/3339\/files\/IMG_6386.jpg?v=1773527351"}],"url":"https:\/\/lushliferecords.com.au\/collections\/john-lewis.oembed","provider":"Lush Life Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}