John Lewis ~ Similar Artists

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Ray Bryant - 100% match to John Lewis

Raphael Bryant, 24 December 1931, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Coming from a musical family gave Bryant an advantage - his mother played piano and his sister sang in a gospel choir. He started on bass, but passed it to his older brother Tom, in order to play piano. The... Read more

Steve Kuhn - 79% match to John Lewis

Stephen Lewis Kuhn, 24 March 1938, New York City, New York, USA. Kuhn began playing the piano when he was five and was studying with Serge Chaloff's mother when he was 12. He first played professionally at the age of 13. He graduated from Harvard in 1959 and worked with Kenny... Read more

Kenny Barron - 61% match to John Lewis

Kenneth Barron, 9 June 1943, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. After studying piano as a child, Barron began playing professionally when still in his early teens. Performing first in R&B bands, he began to concentrate on jazz, and in the late 50s and early 60s played briefly... Read more

Tommy Flanagan - 61% match to John Lewis

16 March 1930, Detroit, Michigan, USA, d. 16 November 2001, New York City, New York, USA. Flanagan began playing piano as a child, following a brief flirtation with the clarinet. His professional career began during his teenage while he was still living in his home town, then a... Read more

McCoy Tyner - 54% match to John Lewis

Alfred McCoy Tyner, 11 December 1938, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Beginning in his early teens, Tyner studied piano formally for several years before joining the jazztet led by Benny Golson and Art Farmer in 1959. The following year he joined John Coltrane, with whom he had... Read more

Mulgrew Miller - 53% match to John Lewis

Hank Jones - 52% match to John Lewis

Henry Jones, 31 July 1918, Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA. Eldest of three remarkable brothers in jazz (Thad Jones and Elvin Jones), Hank Jones was raised in Pontiac, Michigan and by the beginning of his teenage years played piano professionally in local bands. In 1944 he went to... Read more

Duke Jordan - 50% match to John Lewis

Irving Sidney Jordan, 1 April 1922, New York City, New York, USA, d. 8 August 2006, Valby, Copenhagen, Denmark. After studying classical music, Jordan played piano in a number of swing era bands, including Al Cooper's Savoy Sultans. In the mid-40s, he became involved in bebop,... Read more

Herbie Nichols - 50% match to John Lewis

3 December 1919, New York City, New York, USA, d. 12 April 1963, New York City, New York, USA. In the late 30s and early 40s Nichols played piano with numerous bands in a wide variety of styles. The bands included those of Herman Autrey, Illinois Jacquet, Lucky Thompson, Edgar... Read more

Junior Mance - 50% match to John Lewis

Julian Clifford Mance, Jnr., 10 October 1928, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Taught piano by his father, a professional jazz musician, Mance was playing professionally long before he entered his teenage years. In the late 40s, still in his teens, he joined a band led by Gene Ammons and... Read more