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About Al Lewis
"Father" Al Lewis was a jazz banjoist with some of the greatest New Orleans jazz bands in the Dixieland Jazz style of the music. He said he picked up his nickname trying to copy the piano solos of Earl "Fatha" Hines on the banjo. He is significant not only for his artistic abilities, but in his role as a preservationist of lost music.
Everything about Al Lewis →- Occupation
- banjoist, jazz musician
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- 1902
- Died
- April 12, 1992