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词条 Lewis Porter
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  1. Life

  2. Writings

  3. References

  4. External links

Lewis Robert Porter (born 1951) is an American musicologist, educator, author, and jazz pianist.

Life

Porter earned a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of Rochester (1972), and, while there, studied music at Eastman. He went on to earn a Master of Education in Counseling from Northeastern University (1976), followed by a master's degree in Music Theory from Tufts University (1979), and finally a PhD in Musicology from Brandeis University (1983).{{citation needed|date=October 2018}}

He is a Professor of Music[1] at Rutgers University, where he founded and still directs the world's first jazz history program, the Master's Program in Jazz History and Research.[2]

Porter performs frequently on piano and synthesizer with many artists. His album Beauty & Mystery featured Terri Lyne Carrington, John Patitucci and Tia Fuller. He has also played with Dave Liebman, Bela Fleck, Don Byron, Dave King and others. He has appeared on about 25 album as a sideperson, co-leader, or as a leader.{{citation needed|date=October 2018}} Among the latter are Second Voyage with Dan Faulk and Dave Liebman (2002) and Italian Encounter with Furio DiCastri "live" for the Siena Jazz Festival (2007), on the Altrisuoni label, and among those as co-leader, "Surreality" with Dave Liebman and Marc Ribot (Enja) Transformation (keyboard duets with Marc Rossi/Altrisuoni label) and Just Four (as a member of the India/Jazz group Dharma Jazz).[3]

Writings

Porter is author of many books and articles. These include Jazz: A Century of Change and Lester Young.

He is best known for his biography of saxophonist John Coltrane, published in 1998 in English, and in French and Italian in 2007. Entitled John Coltrane: His Life and Music (University of Michigan Press), the book has been endorsed by Coltrane's son Ravi Coltrane, Dan Morgenstern, Jimmy Heath, Dave Liebman, and many others.[4]

He is the founding editor of the Encyclopedia of Jazz Musicians.[5]

References

1. ^{{cite web| publisher=Rutgers University |accessdate = 2008-08-10|title=Faculty |url = http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~gradnwk/jazz/faculty.html}}
2. ^Rutgers University program
3. ^ 
4. ^{{cite web| publisher=All About Jazz |accessdate = 2008-08-10|title=Interview with Dr. Lewis Porter |url = http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=1215| date=2004-02-24}}
5. ^Encyclopedia of Jazz Musicians {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110902085328/http://www.jazz.com/encyclopedia |date=2011-09-02 }}

External links

  • Own website
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