Meade Lux Lewis

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boogie-woogie musician composer person pianist

Meade Lux Lewis was an influential American pianist and composer best known for helping popularize boogie-woogie music in the 1930s and 1940s.

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Label Occurrences
Meade Lux Lewis canonical 7
Anderson Meade Lewis 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf boogie-woogie musician ⓘ
composer ⓘ
person ⓘ
pianist ⓘ
activePeriod 1930s ⓘ
1940s ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Meade Lux Lewis ⓘ
associatedAct Albert Ammons ⓘ
Pete Johnson ⓘ
birthDate 1905-09-04 ⓘ
birthPlace Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
burialPlace Crystal Lake Cemetery, Minneapolis ⓘ
causeOfDeath car accident ⓘ
contributedTo popularization of boogie-woogie piano trios ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 1964-06-07 ⓘ
deathPlace Minneapolis ⓘ
surface form: Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
era Swing era ⓘ
ethnicity African American ⓘ
fullName Meade Lux Lewis self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Anderson Meade Lewis
genre boogie-woogie ⓘ
jazz ⓘ
givenName Anderson ⓘ
helpedPopularize boogie-woogie music ⓘ
heritage American jazz tradition ⓘ
influencedGenre rhythm and blues ⓘ
rock and roll ⓘ
instrument piano ⓘ
learnedInstrument self-taught piano ⓘ
nickname Lux ⓘ
notableFor boogie-woogie piano style ⓘ
notableRecording first recording of Honky Tonk Train Blues ⓘ
notableRecordingYear 1927 ⓘ
notableWork Honky Tonk Train Blues ⓘ
occupation composer ⓘ
pianist ⓘ
participatedIn boogie-woogie revival of late 1930s ⓘ
performanceVenue Carnegie Hall ⓘ
performedAt From Spirituals to Swing concerts ⓘ
recorded Honky Tonk Train Blues ⓘ
recordLabel Blue Note Records ⓘ
Parlophone ⓘ
surface form: Parlophone Records

Victor Records ⓘ
residence Chicago ⓘ
surface form: Chicago, Illinois

New York City ⓘ
styleCharacteristic driving left-hand bass patterns ⓘ
improvised right-hand riffs ⓘ
workedAs taxicab driver ⓘ

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From Spirituals to Swing concerts → featuredPerformer → Meade Lux Lewis ⓘ
Big Joe Turner → associatedAct → Meade Lux Lewis ⓘ
Pete Johnson → collaboratedWith → Meade Lux Lewis ⓘ
Pete Johnson → performedWith → Meade Lux Lewis ⓘ
Pete Johnson → associatedAct → Meade Lux Lewis ⓘ
Albert Ammons → performedWith → Meade Lux Lewis ⓘ
Meade Lux Lewis → fullName → Meade Lux Lewis self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Anderson Meade Lewis
Meade Lux Lewis → alsoKnownAs → Meade Lux Lewis ⓘ