George Lewis (clarinetist)

George Lewis
Photograph by Stanley Kubrick published in Look magazine on June 6, 1950
Photograph by Stanley Kubrick published in Look magazine on June 6, 1950
Background information
Birth nameJoseph Louis Francois Zenon
Born(1900-07-13)July 13, 1900
New Orleans, Louisiana
DiedDecember 31, 1968(1968-12-31) (aged 68)
New Orleans
GenresJazz
OccupationMusician
InstrumentClarinet
Years active1917–68
LabelsAmerican 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.

  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