What instrument is associated with Illinois-born John Lewis?
John Lewis (pianist) Sonny Stitt Barney Wilen John Lewis (pianist) John Aaron Lewis (May 3, 1920 – March 29, 2001) was an American jazz pianist, composer and arranger, best known as the founder and musical director of the Modern Jazz Quartet. John Lewis was born in La Grange, Illinois, and after his parents' divorce moved with his mother, a trained singer, to Albuquerque, New Mexico when he was two months old. She died from peritonitis when he was four and he was raised by his grandmother and great-grandmother. He began learning classical music and piano at the age of seven. His family was
John H. Lewis of representatives in 1874 and 1875. Lewis was elected as a Republican to the Forty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1882 to the Forty-eighth Congress. He resumed the practice of law before retiring in 1900. He died in Knoxville, Illinois, on January 6, 1929 at the age of 98. He was interred in Knoxville Cemetery. John H. Lewis John Henry Lewis (July 21, 1830 – January 6, 1929) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. Born near Ithaca, New York, Lewis moved to Illinois in 1836 with his parents, who