Lewis Nash
Lewis Douglas Nash (born December 30, 1958 in Phoenix , Arizona ) is an American jazz drummer .
Musician life
Lewis Nash grew up in the city of his birth. His high school teacher encouraged him to play jazz. At the age of 18, Nash was already a sought-after musician ( sideman ) for musicians traveling through who visited Phoenix. In 1981 he was invited to move to New York City to join Betty Carter 's band . Nash became a sought-after sideman at the time, and since his four-year touring and association with Betty Carter, he has made many recordings and tours with the most important musicians of the time. In particular, he worked more intensively with Ron Carter (1984) and JJ Johnson (1988).
Nash is best known for his masterful play in the bebop and postbop contexts; however, he has mastered a variety of styles including funk , free jazz and Latin . His versatility has made him one of the most sought-after drummers of the past two decades. He is known for his seemingly baseless depth of melodic vocabulary, which he draws from all times of jazz drumming, whereby he brings in his own unmistakable, always recognizable approach to the structure of his accompanying and solo figures. Nash brings this audible voice to one of the few drummers in the last 20 years who have succeeded in incorporating the important tradition of American jazz into their music without giving up their independence.
Nash's playing is characterized by a reliable, almost relentless ride cymbal beat and radiant melodic inventions that alternate between snare drum , tom toms and bass drum . Cymbal strokes resolve these figures in complex, unpredictable ways. Fresh technical execution of rudimentary figures, a sweeping broomstick and the use of the three tom toms (10, 12, 14 inch) give Nash a range of the melodic possibilities of a piano player.
Nash is one of the most important stylists of the broom game viewed his generation. His recordings with pianist Tommy Flanagan in particular show his mastery in this regard. With Flanagan on piano and Peter Washington on bass, the trio made some of the most notable jazz recordings of the 1990s: Sea Changes (1996), Lady Be Good ... For Ella 1994, and Live At the Village Vanguard (1998) are three of these outstanding ones Albums. In 2011 he worked on Ryan Truesdells Centennial - Newly Discovered Works of Gil Evans .
Activities as a jazz teacher
Nash is known in the drummer jazz community for being passionate about training. He has supported a long line of young drummers in their careers and is in demand as a practitioner and educator in jazz schools, workshops and educational jazz festivals around the world.
Band leader
In the late 1990s he formed his own group, the Lewis Nash Ensemble , with Nash, Jimmy Greene on saxophone, David Finck on bass, Steve Nelson on vibraphone and Steve Kroon on percussion instruments. He is currently leading groups with various instruments, from duo to septet.
Nash has recorded three albums as a leader: "Rhythm is My Business" (1989), "It Don't Mean A Thing" (2003) and "Stompin 'At The Savoy" (2005).
Sideman
As a sideman he worked with:
Dizzy Gillespie , Sonny Stitt , Oscar Peterson , Ray Brown , Gerald Wilson , Horace Silver , Ron Carter, Hank Jones , Milt Jackson , Art Farmer , McCoy Tyner , Wynton Marsalis , Branford Marsalis (on Random Abstract ), Clark Terry , Joe Williams , Nancy Wilson , Kenny Burrell , Jimmy Heath , John Lewis , JJ Johnson, Sonny Rollins , Bud Shank , Scott Hamilton , Jackie McLean or Cyrus Chestnut .
Individual evidence
Web links
- Works by Lewis Nash in the catalog of the German National Library
- Lewis Nash's website
- Lewis Nash on Drummerworld
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Nash, Lewis |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Nash, Lewis Douglas (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz drummer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 30, 1958 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Phoenix , Arizona, Arizona |