Kid Howard, and Percy Humphrey. Starting in 1949, Lewis was a regular on Bourbon Street clubs and radio station WDSU. His band was profiled in the June 6, 1950, issue of Look magazine with photographs by Stanley Kubrick. His reputation grew and he became a leader of the New Orleans revival. In the late 1940s and early1950s, his recordings reached the UK and influenced clarinetists Monty Sunshine and Acker Bilk. They became important contributors to the traditional jazz scene in the UK and accompanied Lewis when he toured the country. Lewis visited England in 1957, playing throughout the country with Ken Colyer's Jazzmen. In 1959, he returned, this time with his full band, and received a warm response. In 1959, he visited Denmark and played at Jazzhus Montmartre in Copenhagen. Beginning in the 1960s, he played regularly at Preservation Hall in New Orleans as leader of the Preservation Hall Jazz Band until shortly before his death. His performances were painted by artists in the city. Sitting portraits by Noel Rockmore were sold to collectors. Rockwell painted several musicians who had performed at Preservation Hall. Jazz critic Gary Giddins described Lewis as "an affecting musician with a fat-boned sound but limited technique". Personal life Lewis was Catholic. He died on December 31, 1968, from unknown causes. Discography American Music (American Music, 1951) George Lewis’ Ragtime Jazz Band (Tempo Records, London UK 1954?) New Orleans Jazz Band and Quartet (Riverside, 1954) George Lewis And His New Orleans Stompers (Volume 1) (Blue Note, 1955) Jazz in the Classic New Orleans Tradition (Riverside, 1956) George Lewis & Turk Murphy at Newport (Verve, 1957) Jazz at Vespers (Riverside, 1957) The Perennial George Lewis (Verve, 1958) Blues from the Bayou (Verve, 1959) Jazz at Preservation Hall 4: The George Lewis Band of New Orleans (Atlantic, 1963) George Lewis Plays Hymns (1965) With Papa Bue's Viking Jazz Band (Storyville, 1991) Hot Creole Jazz 1953 (DCC, 1991) George Lewis with Red Allen (American Music, 1992) In Stockholm (Dragon, 1992) For Dancer's Only (GHB, 1993) Jazz at the Ohio Union (Storyville, 1994) The Beverly Caverns Sessions (Good Time Jazz, 1994) George Lewis of New Orleans (Original Jazz Classics, 1994) Jazz Funeral in New Orleans (Rykodisc, 1997) Reunion (Delmark, 1997) At Congo Square (American Music, 1998) George Lewis in Hi-Fi (Upbeat, 2008) References Bibliography External links George Lewis collection at The Historic New Orleans Collection Dixieland clarinetists Jazz musicians from