George E. Lewis was born July 14, 1952 in Chicago, Illinois. He began his musical journey playing the trombone but graduated from Yale University with a degree in philosophy. In 1971 he became a member of AACM, the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians.

The trombonist, composer and pioneer of computer music has recorded over two dozen albums as a leader and co-leader and some 40 as a sideman working with the likes of Muhal Richard Abrams, Gil Evans, Conny Bauer, Roscoe Mitchell, Count Basie and Anthony Braxton to name a few. He…