CHICAGO
An African American trombonist, novelist and filmmaker are among this year’s class of MacArthur Fellows. The three, along with 21 others, will receive $500,000 in “no strings attached” support from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation over the next five years.
Trombonist and composer George Lewis is a professor of music at the University of California, San Diego. Known for his work in experimental music, Lewis’ performances, criticism and scholarly analyses reveal profound insights into the unique expressive potential of improvisation and its critical role in the history and future of musical expression. In addition to his recent forays into Big Band orchestral performance, he is actively engaged in writing a history of the influential Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians, of which Lewis himself has been a member since 1971.
