(1905-09-04)September 4, 1905 Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Died
June 7, 1964(1964-06-07) (aged 58) Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
Genres
Boogie-woogie
piano blues
Occupation(s)
Musician
Instrument(s)
Piano
Years active
1920s–1964
Labels
Paramount
Parlophone
Blue Note
Decca
Asch
Vocalion
V-Disc
Victor
Solo Art
Musical artist
Anderson Meade "Lux" Lewis (September 4, 1905 – June 7, 1964) was an American pianist and composer, remembered for his playing in the boogie-woogie style.[1] His best-known work, "Honky Tonk Train Blues", has been recorded by many artists.
^Eagle, Bob; LeBlanc, Eric S. (2013). Blues: A Regional Experience. Santa Barbara, California: Praeger. p. 64. ISBN 978-0313344237.
Anderson Meade "Lux" Lewis (September 4, 1905 – June 7, 1964) was an American pianist and composer, remembered for his playing in the boogie-woogie style...
Basie, Benny Goodman, Big Joe Turner and Pete Johnson, Helen Humes, MeadeLuxLewis, Albert Ammons, Mitchell's Christian Singers, the Golden Gate Quartet...
2007 "Blue Train" – John Coltrane (1957) "Honky Tonk Train Blues" – MeadeLuxLewis (1927) "Lonesome Train (On A Lonesome Track)" – The Johnny Burnette...
Pinetop Smith and other prominent boogie-woogie artists, including MeadeLuxLewis, Cow Cow Davenport and Jimmy Yancey. Lofton was also said to have influenced...
the master American triumvirate popular in the 1940s: Albert Ammons, MeadeLuxLewis and Pete Johnson. Lewie's career continued to rise when he signed to...
Cox (whom he brought out of retirement) and boogie-woogie pianist MeadeLuxLewis, and supervised the label's 'Living Legends' series of location recordings...
Tonk Train Blues", by Meade "Lux" Lewis foreshadowed "Pine Top's Boogie Woogie" a year later, perhaps not coincidentally since Lewis and Pine Top had recently...
pianists who occasionally played the celesta include Memphis Slim, Meade "Lux" Lewis, Willie "The Lion" Smith, Art Tatum, Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk...
Al Hibbler, Earl Hines, Johnny Hodges, Jackie & Roy, Lead Belly, MeadeLuxLewis, Professor Longhair, Shelly Manne, Howard McGhee, Mabel Mercer, James...
Crosby, Kenny Davern, Jimmy Dorsey, Woody Herman, Frankie Laine, Meade "Lux" Lewis, Johnny Mercer, Leon Redbone and Teddy Wilson. Floyd Levin: The Spikes...
attributed to his close friendship with MeadeLuxLewis and also his father's interest in the style. Both Albert and Meade would practice together on the piano...
jp/Record/BlueNote2/index.htm Blue Note 78 rpm series (12 inch 78 rpm) - BN 1 Meade "Lux" Lewis - Melancholy / Solitude 1939 Blue Note Records Catalog: 45 rpm 1600...
important in Boogie Woogie piano music. For instance Yancey Special by MeadeLuxLewis uses a typical Alberti bass. id=6ZyrDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA93&dq=the+chanta...
Swiss pianist Booker T. Laury (1914–1995), American pianist and singer MeadeLuxLewis (1905–1964), American pianist whose "Honky Tonk Train Blues" was an...
Yancey and the Boogie-Woogie Trio (Albert Ammons, Pete Johnson and MeadeLuxLewis). Chicago boogie-woogie performers included Clarence "Pine Top" Smith...
Eckstine, Count Basie, The Mills Brothers, Herb Jeffries, Cab Calloway, MeadeLuxLewis, Lena Horne, Louis Armstrong, Nat King Cole, and Stepin Fetchit all...
From Spirituals to Swing concert, recorded pianists Albert Ammons and MeadeLuxLewis in 1939 during a one-day session in a rented studio. The Blue Note...
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