LEWIS, JOHN AARON

LEWIS, JOHN AARON. Jazz pianist (3 May 1920 in LaGrange, Illinois). His family moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico, when he was a child. He began piano study at the age of seven, encouraged by his mother, who was a professional singer. He obtained his musical education at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque (B.Mus., 1942) and the Manhattan School of Music in New York (M. Mus., 1953). He began playing for local dances during his high-school years...