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Ed Lewis
real name Edward A. Lewis
Ed Lewis is credited on 653 releases across 216 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2018 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
653
Credits
216
Albums
7
Decades active
59
In collections
Biography
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American jazz trumpeter.
Played: Paul Banks and, Bennie Moten, Thamon Hayes, Harlan Leonard, Jay McShann, Count Basie and others.
Born: January 22, 1909 in Eagle City, Oklahoma.
Died: September 18, 1985 in Blooming Grove, New York.
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
653 releases · 216 albums · active 1950–2018
- Performance · 917
- Other credits · 8
Studios: Savoy Ballroom · Village Gate · Carnegie Hall · CBS Studios, New York
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
The Smithsonian Collection Of Classic Jazz
1973
Atlantic Rhythm And Blues 1947-1974
1985
The Billie Holiday Story Volume I
1973
This Is The Big Band Era
1971
Pres/The Complete Savoy Recordings
1976
Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do
1975
Billie Holiday's Greatest Hits
1967
The Best Of Count Basie
1963
Lady Day (The Complete Billie Holiday On Columbia) (1933-1944)
2001
Stars Of The Apollo Theatre
1973
At The Savoy Ballroom 1937
1971
Basie's Best!! A Collection Of Immortal Performances
1960
One O'Clock Jump
1957
Trombone For Two
1955
The Bebop Years
2006
The Best Of Ken Burns Jazz
2000
Jazz Masters Of The Sax
1983
Don't Explain
1982
Juggernaut
1977
Basie's Best
1974
Super Chief
1972
In The Groove With The Kings Of Swing
1967
Count Basie In Kansas City: Bennie Moten's Great Band Of 1930-1932
1965
Blues By Basie
1956
Frequent collaborators
- Count Basie
- Count Basie And His Orchestra
- Various
- Lester Young
- Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra
- Billie Holiday
- Count Basie Orchestra
- Lambert, Hendricks & Ross
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