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 james.lewis@afrojazz.com
Instruments: String Bass, Flute, Tuba,
Teaching Subjects: voice, all beginning instruments, theory, music history, artist counselling, seminars ( industrial, private )
Education
1960 - 1966First chair Bass and Sousaphone in junior high and high school.
1st and 2nd prize in the Bands of America contest;
the prize included an appearance at the World's Fair,N.Y.N.Y.
Played professionally throughout high school.
1966 - 1969Navy School of Music, toured with the 'Captain's Orchestra'.
Finished first honours in a class of international musicians.
1969 - 1970Mesa College, San Diego, California
Composition, Music theory, College Choir, Orchestra,
Concert Band, Creative Ensembles, Psychology minor, Music major.
1970 - 1971San Fernando Valley State University
Featured with the Marching Band, received scholarship,
studied with Nat Gangursky (first bassist with Los Angeles Symphony Orchestra), toured with Jazz Groups.
1977 - 1979Laney College, Oakland, California
Music theory, Piano, Voice and Ear Training, Music Literature,
Black Studies,Painting,Poetry,Food & Restaurant Management.
Teaching
1975Street musician, flautist ; Berkeley, California
Volunteer Staff under Rasul Saddik at 'Trouble House',
Teaching Music to all levels of musicianship.
Performances . Lectures on the state of the arts.
Psychological conselling to depressed artists.
1978East Oakland Youth Development Center,Oakland California
Staff, music teacher and counselor with Idris Ackamoor.
Teaching music, all instruments, to beginning musicians of all ages
with an emphasis on very young children in low income brackets.
1979Izifizam Cultural Organization; Tampa Florida
Seminars and Performances at University of Southern Florida,
Curtis Hixton Complex; Florida Methodist University with Herbert Milton Carr, Majid Shabaz (who played with John Coltrane),
Frank Royal (formerly with Duke Ellington),Clinicsand various Performances.
1980Western Addition Cultural Centre, San Francisco California
Resident artist under Karlton Hester.
1982Cazadero Music Camp, Cazadero California
Consultant on all musical performances, resident artist.
Teaching Contrabass.Camp counselor for age 15-18.
Oakland Public Schools, Performances and Lectures to grade school.
1986 - 1989Instituting a music curriculum for Inmates at San Francisco County Jail, including all phases of Music Studies and Music Theory,
practical application of Instrumental Music, Workshops, Instrument Repair,
Music History, Solfeggio, Live Performances by inmates,
responsable for Purchasing Instruments and Establishing a budget for the program.
Tours and Performances
1989 - 1996JAMES LEWIS Quartet,
Billy Harper, Von Freeman, Ricky Ford, Gary Bartz, John Stubblefield,
Kevin Mahogany, Horace Tapscott Quartet feat. Sonny Simmons,
Sunny Murray, Harold Land... |
