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Performing with as many as fifty bands each year, Eddie Lewis has
decades of experience playing jazz, classical music, salsa (and other
tropical musics), rhythm and blues, tejano, and even klezmer music.
Eddie's multifaceted trumpet playing career includes extensive
experience performing with Big Bands (Ed Gerlach, Conrad Johnson,
Ricky Diaz, Ronnie Renfro, Guy Lumbardo, Glenn Miller, Phil Gray, Maria
Williams), Brass Ensembles (Texas Brass, Consort Immanuel),
Symphony Orchestras (El Paso Symphony Orchestra, El Paso Pro Musica,
El Paso Sinfonetta, Houston Sinfonetta, Pasadena Philharmonic), Jazz
Combos (The Houston Nonet, Tom Borling, Malcolm Pinson, The David
Caceres Band, The Blue Monks, Bubbah Thomas, Rick Porter), Church
Orchestras (Katy First Baptist Church, Quail Valley Church, First
United Methodist - Westchase), Top 40/Wedding Bands (Toomey
Starks Band, Eclipse, Salsamerica, Michael Carney, Doppelganger,
Nobody's Fool, Off the Record, Family Tree), Klezmer/Ethnic Bands
(The Best Little Klezmer Band in Texas, The Gypsies), Latin
Jazz/Spanish Rock/Salsa Bands (Cheo Feliciano, Carlos Garnett, Norma
Zenteno, Roberto Zenteno, The Fabulous Jalipeños, Mango Punch, Canario,
Little Joe, Jose Feliciano, Henry Fiol, Rey Reyes, Santiago Ceron,
Roberto Torres, Pete "Conde" Rodrigues), Rhythm and Blues/Funk Bands
(Cold Sweat, T.K. Oh!!!, Calvin Owens, City Stax), Name Acts
(Jerry Herman, Jo Anne Worley, Karren Morrow, Tanya Tucker, Julio
Eglasias, Franky Vallie, Frankie Avalon, The Four Tops, The Temptations,
The O.J.s, John Denver, Kenny Rogers, Little Anthony), and Prominent
Jazz Artists (Ed Shaughnessy, Bill Watrous, Marvin Stamm, Tom
Harrell, Bob Mintzer, Kevin Mahogany).
Eddie also performs as a soloist at weddings, school ensemble
concerts, and various music festivals. As a leader he maintains an
active schedule with his brass ensemble called "Consort Immanuel
Brass Ensemble" and his jazz combo called "Living Rhythms".
Eddie Lewis is also active as a studio player and one of the CDs he
recorded in 2005, Chicanismo by Little Joe and La Familia, won a
Grammy in the Tejano category for that year.
Commercially available recordings of Eddie's playing include CDs
of The Tom Borling BeBop Band ("Plays the Music of Eddie Lewis"),
Ricky
Diaz ("Everything Happens to Me"),
Mango
Punch ("Pop Rock"),
Calvin
Owens ("Stop Lying In My Face"),
Lise
Liddell ("White Heart"), David Lopez ("Solo Para
Ti"),
The Texas Brass ("The Sounds of
the South"),
Ezra Charles ("Beaumont Boy"),
Maria
Williams (Rhythmic Remedy) and Bob Gallarza ("With
Pride and Passion"). Eddie
has also recorded jingles and TV spots for Palais Royal,
Fiesta, Kroger, TV Land, Budweiser and many
others.
For more
information about his current performances and opportunities for
students, visit the Eddie Lewis website. |
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