- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 online resource (4 video files (2 hr., 32 sec.)) : sound, color.
- Summary
- Trombonist and composer George E. Lewis was born on July 13, 1952 in Chicago, Illinois. At age nineteen, he joined the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM) and studied at the association's School of Music. He received his B.A. degree in philosophy from Yale University. Lewis wrote the computer software program "Voyager" to improvise with human musicians. In a 1993 recording of the same name, Lewis and saxophonist Roscoe Mitchell played duets with the computer. In 1991 he was named a Professor of Music, Critical Studies-Experimental Practice at UC-San Diego. Beginning in 2004, he served as a professor of music at New York's Columbia University. He wrote numerous journal articles and one book on the AACM. Lewis was recognized with a 2002 MacArthur Fellowship and a 2015 Guggenheim fellowship. Lewis' pieces have been performed extensively across North America, Europe, and Asia.
- Alternative Title
- History Makers video oral history with George E. Lewis
- George E. Lewis
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Internet videos.
- Interviews.
- Nonfiction films.
- Oral histories.
- Credits (note)
- Videographer, Scott Stearns.
- OCLC
- 1000519136
- Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with George E. Lewis.
- Publisher
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
- Country of Producing Entity
United States naf
- Playing Time
020032
- Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
- Type of Medium
computer
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
video file
- Performer
Harriette Cole, interviewer.
- Credits
Videographer, Scott Stearns.
- Event
Recorded New York, New York 2016 October 24.
- Source of description
Vendor-supplied metadata.
- Connect to:
- Indexed Term
Music Composer.
- Added Author
Lewis, George, 1952- interviewee.
Cole, Harriette, interviewer.
Stearns, Scott, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.