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Victor is truly an important figure in the jazz drumming community. Please consider even a small donation today.
His GoFundMe page reads:
This is a fundraiser for jazz drum legend Victor Lewis. Mr. Lewis has been suffering from a neurological issue that has lost him the use of his legs. This, of course, has made it impossible for him to work and even to teach. It is our endeavor to ask the jazz community to help Victor with funds that will be used to pay his rent, medical costs, food and living costs and anything else that he may need. We are hoping to see a recovery, but it may take as long as one year. Please consider making a donation.
Victor’s Drummerworld page: HERE
Drummerworld has posted an extensive bio on Victor, please follow the link above to read his full bio. Below is an excerpt of his bio:
Internationally acclaimed drummer and composer Victor Lewis was born on May 20, 1950 in Omaha, Nebraska. His father, Richard Lewis, who played saxophone and mother, Camille, a pianist-vocalist were both classically trained musicians who performed with many of the “territory bands” that toured the midwest in the forties. Victor grew up hearing jazz along with popular and European classical music at home, and would go to the local theater with his father to hear the big bands when they passed through Omaha. The first people he remembers seeing were Duke Ellington, Count Basie and Woody Herman.
When he’s home in New York, Victor can most often be found in the city’s recording studios. In addition to the many jazz dates he’s recorded with people like Gary Bartz, Eddie Henderson, Johnny Griffin, Janis Siegel, Larry Willis, John Hicks and Abbey Lincoln, he has recorded a jazz method record with educator-saxophonist Fred Lipsius. An educated drummer, Lewis tries to pass on his knowledge, giving private instruction to students, participating as a freelance instructor with The New School University Jazz School-Mannes Music School Jazz Program in New York City and appearing in drum clinics around the world as often as his schedule allows it. He has participated in a symposium in Modern Drummer magazine and there have been several feature articles about him in publications such as Downbeat, The Wire, Jazz Times as well as Modern Drummer.
In 2003 Victor joined the faculty of Rutgers University in New Brunswick, NJ where he teaches drummers and coaches jazz combos.
