Victor Lewis

For the British jazz guitarist, see Vic Lewis

Victor Lewis (born May 20, 1950, Omaha, Nebraska, United States) is an American jazz drummer.^[1]

Discography

As leader

• 1992: Family Portrait (AudioQuest Music)^[2] - with John Stubblefield, Edward Simon, Cecil McBee, Don Alias, Jumma Santos
• 1992: Know It Today, Know It Tomorrow (Red) with Eddie Henderson, Edward Simon, Christian McBride, Seamus Blake
• 1997: Eeeyyess!! (Enja) with Seamus Blake, Terell Stafford, Stephen Scott, Ed Howard (Enja)
• 1998: Three Way Conversations (Red) with Seamus Blak, Steve Wilson, Terell Stafford

As sideman

With John Abercrombie, Arthur Blythe and Jeff Palmer

• Ease On (AudioQuest, 1993)

With George Adams

• Nightingale (Blue Note, 1989)

With Don Alias

• Grey (Quinton, 2001)

With Kenny Barron

• What If? (Enja, 1986)
• Live at Fat Tuesdays (Enja, 1988)
• Other Places (Verve, 1993)
• Sambao (Gitanes/EmArcy, 1992)
• Quickstep (Enja, 2001)

With Roni Ben-Hur and Nilson Matta

• Mojave (Motéma Music, 2011)

With Andy Bey

• Shades of Bey (12th Street/Evidence, 1998)
• Tuesdays in Chinatown (12th Street/N2K Encoded Music, 2001)

With Carla Bley

• Heavy Heart (Watt, 1983)
• Night-Glo (Watt, 1985)
• Sextet (Watt, 1987)
• The Very Big Carla Bley Band (Watt, 1991)
• 4 x 4 (Watt, 2000)
• Live in Montreal (DVD-V, Universal, 2003)

With Paul Bley

• Speachless (Steeplechase, 1995)
• Reality Check (Steeplechase, 1996)

With Anthony Braxton

• Seven Standards 1985, Vol. 1 & 2 (Magenta, 1985 & 1986)

With George Cables

• Looking for the Light (Muse Fx, 2003)
• A Letter to Dexter (Kind of Blue, 2011)

With James Carter

• Present Tense (EmArcy, 2008)

With Marc Copland

• Crosstalk (Pirouet, 2011)

With Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis

• The Heavy Hitter (Muse, 1979)

With Art Farmer

• Blame It on My Youth (Contemporary, 1988)

With Stan Getz

• The Dolphin (Concord Jazz, 1981)
• Spring Is Here (Concord Jazz, 1981, released 1992)
• Pure Getz (Concord Jazz, 1982)
• Line for Lyons with Chet Baker (Sonet, 1983)
• Voyage (BlackHawk, 1986)
• The Stockholm Concert (Sonet, 1989)
• Anniversary (EmArcy, 1989)
• High Street Samba (EmArcy, 1990)

With Dexter Gordon

• Sophisticated Giant (Columbia, 1977)

With Steve Grossman

• Perspective (Atlantic, 1979)

With Mark Helias

• The Current Set (Enja, 1987)

With John Hicks

• Naima's Love Song featuring Bobby Watson (DIW, 1988)

With Bobby Hutcherson

• Cruisin' the 'Bird (Landmark, 1988)

With J. J. Johnson

• Standards (Emarcy, 1991)
• Heroes (Verve, 1998)

With Oliver Lake

• Heavy Spirits (Freedom/Arista, 1975)

With the Hubert Laws Group

• A Hero Ain't Nothin' but a Sandwich (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Columbia, 1978)

With Dave Liebman

• Setting the Standard (Red, 1993)

With Abbey Lincoln

• A Turtle’s Dream (Gitanes/Verve, 1994)

With Carmen Lundy

• Good Morning Kiss (BlackHawk, 1986)
• This Is Carmen Lundy (Afrasia, 2001)
• Something to Believe In (Justin Time, 2003)
• Jazz and the New Songbook: Live at the Madrid (Afrasia, 2005)
• Night and Day (Afrasia, 2011)

With Helen Merrill

• Brownie – Homage to Clifford Brown (Verve, 1994)

With David Murray

• Lucky Four (Tutu, 1988)
• MX (Red Baron, 1992)

With George Russell's New York Band

• Live in an American Time Spiral (Soul Note, 1982)

With Joe Sample

• Invitation (1993)

With David Sanborn

• Sanborn (Warner Bros., 1976)
• Promise Me the Moon (Warner Bros., 1977)

With Woody Shaw

• The Moontrane (Muse, 1975)
• Love Dance (Muse, 1975)
• The Iron Men (Muse, 1977, released 1980)
• Rosewood (Columbia, 1977)
• Stepping Stones: Live at the Village Vanguard (Columbia, 1978)
• Woody III (Columbia, 1979)
• For Sure! (Columbia, 1980)

With Lew Soloff

• With a Song in My Heart (Milestone, 1998)

With John Stubblefield

• Bushman Song (Enja, 1986)
• Countin' on the Blues (Enja, 1987)

With Harvie Swartz

• Urban Earth (Gramavision, 1985)
• Smart Moves (Gramavision, 1986)

With Charles Tolliver

• With Love (2007)

With Steve Turre

• Rhythm Within (Antilles, 1995)
• Steve Turre (Verve, 1997)
• TNT (Trombone-N-Tenor) (Telarc, 2001)

With Tom Varner

• Jazz French Horn (Soul Note, 1985)

With Bobby Watson & Horizon

• No Question About It (Blue Note, 1988)
• The Inventor (Blue Note, 1990)
• Present Tense (Columbia, 1992)
• Midwest Shuffle (Columbia, 1994)

With Randy Weston

• Khepera (Verve, 2000)

References