BeingAKB » Music Monday http://beingakb.com Music +Business+Everyday Life Wed, 01 Dec 2010 09:58:43 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Music Monday: Eric Lewis – A Beast of a Pianist http://beingakb.com/2009/09/07/music-monday-eric-lewis-a-beast-of-a-pianist/ http://beingakb.com/2009/09/07/music-monday-eric-lewis-a-beast-of-a-pianist/#comments Mon, 07 Sep 2009 18:12:45 +0000 AKB http://beingakb.com/?p=130 Post image for Music Monday: Eric Lewis – A Beast of a Pianist



Ran across Eric Lewis’ music today on the TED Site…this dude is a beast.

A little background: Lewis was born in Camden County, New Jersey, graduated from Manhattan School of Music in 1995, and won the Thelonius Monk International Piano Competition a year later at the age of 23.  Since then he’s performed with artists such as Wynton Marsalis, Cassandra Wilson, Clark Terry, Ornette Coleman, and has been a member of the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra.  He’s now known for making crazy jazz arrangements of alternative rock songs. Check out his take on Evanescence’s “Going Under” below:

And one more…

Follow him on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/eleww and make sure to check out his music.

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