Lewis Worrell

Lewis James Worrell (* 7. November 1934 in Charlotte , North Carolina ) is an American bassist of free jazz .

Live and act

The bassist Lewis Worrell became known for his participation in important recordings of free jazz in the mid-1960s. He played the tuba for six years before switching to bass at the age of 17. He worked in the Orchestra USA , with Bud Powell and Elmo Hope and first recorded in 1963 with Hank Crawford .

In November 1964 he worked on recordings for the New York Art Quartet for ESP-Disk , which included Roswell Rudd , John Tchicai and Milford Graves . Worrell was then on Albert Ayler's albums Bells in 1965 and on Quintet Live at Slug's Saloon , Vols in 1966 . 1 & 2 , as well as on Sunny Murray's album Sunny's Time Now . In February 1966 he appeared with Archie Shepp in the Both / And club in San Francisco, published on the Impulse! -Album Live in San Francisco ; other Impulse albums on which Worrell was still involved were Shepps Three for a Quarter, One for a Dime (1966), and Roswell Rudd's debut album as a bandleader, Everywhere (1966). Then Lewis Worrell disappeared from the jazz scene; he appeared again in November 1973 with the Sam Rivers Trio at Yale University ( live on Impulse).

literature

Richard Cook , Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings . 8th edition. Penguin, London 2006, ISBN 0-14-102327-9 .

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personal data
SURNAME	Worrell, Lewis
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Worrell, Lewis James (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American free jazz bassist
DATE OF BIRTH	November 7, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH	Charlotte , North Carolina , USA