Bobby Lewis (jazz musician)

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Robert Alan "Bobby" Lewis (* Oshkosh , Wisconsin ) is an American jazz and studio musician ( trumpet , flugelhorn , vocals ).

Live and act

Lewis attended Oshkosh West High School until 1953. He received his bachelor's degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison , and then was in doubt whether he should turn to classical or jazz music. After playing as a volunteer in the Seventh Army Band in Germany for two years in the late 1950s , he made his decision. He has lived in Chicago since 1961, where he played with Jack Teagarden and from 1964 worked as a studio musician. Lewis has worked on around 6,500 recordings over the course of his career, including jingles , film soundtracks and music albums ranging from jazz, soul , funk to rock music by The American Breed , Curtis Mayfield , Joe Morello , Jerry Butler , Tyrone Davis , The Manhattans , Donny Hathaway , Tex Beneke , Si Zentner and The Singers Unlimited , he also worked as musical director with Peggy Lee and Tony Bennett . Between 1975 and 1992 he led the jazz formation Ears , which regularly played in the Orphan's Pub and u. a. also performed at the North Sea Jazz Festival , and for several years with his quintet at Andy's Jazz Club. In the mid-1970s he played a. a. with Rufus Reid , Joe Daley and Arthur Hoyle in the trumpet formation The Forefront , with whom two albums were created and which performed at the first International Brass Congress in Montreux . In the 1990s he recorded a number of albums under his own name for the Chicago label Southport .

Discographic notes

  • In the Forefront (1977)
  • The Forefront: Invitation (1977)
  • Inside This Song (Southport, 1992)
  • Just Havin 'Some Fun (Southport, 1999)
  • Another Time (Southport, 2003)
  • Instant Groove (Southport, 2006)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Distinguished High School Alumni ( Memento from January 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ^ Lewis Keeps Us Listening for Nearly 50 Years ( Memento of May 11, 2010 on the Internet Archive ), Chicago Tribune
  3. ↑ a b Bobby Lewis at Discogs (English)
  4. ↑ Portrait at Chicago Jazz ( Memento from June 13, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
  5. ↑ Bobby Lewis at Allmusic (English)
personal data
SURNAME Lewis, Bobby
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lewis, Robert Alan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz and studio musician (trumpet, flugelhorn, vocals)
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century
PLACE OF BIRTH Oshkosh (Wisconsin)