ELEW Solo Piano Performance
ELEW, the pianist Eric Lewis and 1999 Thelonious Monk International Piano Competition winner, plays two solo piano shows at Cliff Bell's in Detroit on Sunday, December 6, at 5:30 and 7:30 p.m. He blends jazz and rock in his own style. Tickets are $30.
Eric Lewis grew up in Camden, New Jersey, started music at age 2, and went on to a scholarship at the Manhattan School of Music. He has performed with Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, Elvin Jones, Cassandra Wilson and Roy Hargrove. In 1999 he won the Thelonious Monk International Piano Competition.
As ELEW, he mixes piano technique with rock guitar ideas and experimental prepared piano, a style he calls "Rockjazz." He has reworked songs by The Killers, Nirvana, Coldplay and Michael Jackson. He also plays two independent melodies at once, a technique he calls Counterbop, and he works as an international DJ, sometimes placing turntables inside the piano.
There are two seatings, at 5:30 and 7:30 p.m. Doors open at 4 p.m. for dinner. Seating for Dinner & a Show starts at 5 p.m., and seating for the second show starts at 7 p.m. Reserve a spot ahead of time.
As ELEW, he mixes piano technique with rock guitar ideas and experimental prepared piano, a style he calls "Rockjazz." He has reworked songs by The Killers, Nirvana, Coldplay and Michael Jackson. He also plays two independent melodies at once, a technique he calls Counterbop, and he works as an international DJ, sometimes placing turntables inside the piano.
There are two seatings, at 5:30 and 7:30 p.m. Doors open at 4 p.m. for dinner. Seating for Dinner & a Show starts at 5 p.m., and seating for the second show starts at 7 p.m. Reserve a spot ahead of time.
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