George Lewis (clarinetist)

George Lewis
George Lewis
	Photograph by Stanley Kubrick published in Look magazine on June 6, 1950
Background information
Birth name	Joseph Louis Francois Zenon
Born	July 13, 1900; New Orleans, Louisiana
Died	December 31, 1968 (aged 68); New Orleans
Genres	Jazz
Occupation	Musician
Instrument	Clarinet
Years active	1917–68
Labels	American Music, Decca, Victor, GHB

George Lewis (born Joseph Louis Francois Zenon; July 13, 1900 – December 31, 1968)^[1] was an American jazz clarinetist who achieved his highest profile in the later decades of his life.

^ Some sources give 1969 as the year of his death, but see the Lewis obituary in the New Orleans Times-Picayune, cited by Tom Bethell, George Lewis: A Jazzman from New Orleans, University of California Press, 1977, p. 277

[1] Some sources give 1969 as the year of his death, but see the Lewis obituary in the New Orleans Times-Picayune, cited by Tom Bethell, George Lewis: A Jazzman from New Orleans, University of California Press, 1977, p. 277

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