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American jazz pianist.
He played with Isaiah Morgan, Alphonse Picou, Big Eye Louis Nelson, Sidney Desvigne, Joe Cousin, Bunk Johnson and others.

Born: April 16, 1911 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Died: January 14, 1987 in Inglewood, California.

ALBUMS

Louis Nelson (2), Alton Purnell with Dave Brennan's Jazzmen*

Louis Nelson/Alton Purnell With Dave Brennan's Jazzmen

2017, CD, Album, Jazz Crusade

George Lewis (2), Alton Purnell

George Lewis & Alton Purnell

2009, 2xCD, Comp, Upbeat Jazz

Cousin Joe, Alton Purnell

New Orleans Piano Blues

2003, CD, Album, Jazz Crusade

Alton Purnell With John Defferary's Quartet & Quintet*

Alton Purnell With John Defferary's Quartet & Quintet

1999, CD, Album, G.H.B.,

Live With Keith Smith's Climax Jazz Band

1995, CD, RE, G.H.B.

Alton Purnell, Sammy Rimington, Ricardo*

The Spirit Of New Orleans 3

1995, CD, Album, Music Mecca

Alton Purnell With Yoshio Toyama And The Dixieland Saints*

Alton Purnell In Japan 1976 With Yoshio Toyama And The Dixieland Saints Live

1990, CD, Album, G.H.B.

Louis Nelson (2), Alton Purnell, Barry Martyn

In Germany With The White Eagle Jazz Band

Dixieland/Swing

Alton Purnell, Barry Martyn Und Die Maryland Jazz Band*

This Love Of Mine

1982, LP, Album, Not On Label (Maryland Jazz Band Of Cologne Self-released)

Kid Thomas* Featuring Alton Purnell

Kid Thomas Featuring Alton Purnell

1978, LP, Album, Smoky Mary Phonograph Company

Yoshio Toyama And His Dixieland Saints Featuring Alton Purnell

Featuring Alton Purnell

1976, LP, Album, King Records,

New Orleans Rascals & Alton Purnell

New Orleans Rascals & Alton Purnell

1976, 2x Vinyl Gatefold,

Alton Purnell, Les Haricots Rouges

Caldonia -Live 1974

1975, LP, Album, Pragmaphone

Alton Purnell With Dave Brennan's New Orleans Jazzmen

'Let's Get This Show On The Road'

1975, LP, Album, Carrot Records (3)

The Trevor Richards New Orleans Trio, Louis Nelson (2), Alton Purnell

The Trevor Richards New Orleans Trio Featuring Louis Nelson / Alton Purnell

1974, LP, Album, WAM,

Alton Purnell Live

1973, LP, CSA Records (2)

Leonard Bechet*, Alton Purnell, Ed Garland, Barry Martyn

The Leonard Bechet Quartet

1973, LP, Camelia (2)

String of Alton

1973, LP, CSA Records (2)

Alton Purnell with Barry Martyn's Band

It's The Talk Of The Town

Alton Purnell & Søren Houlind's Copenhagen Ragtime Band*

Alton Purnell & Søren Houlind's Copenhagen Ragtime Band

1971, LP, Album, CSA Records (2)

Alton Purnell And The Cotton City Jazzband

New Orleans Today Volume 2

1970, LP, Album, Alpha (34)

Alton Purnell E La Bovisa New Orleans Jazz Band

Alton Purnell In Italy

1970, LP, Rusty Records

Alvin Alcorn, Jimmy Archey, Darnell Howard, Alton Purnell, Pops Foster, Cie Frazier*

The New Orleans All Stars

Live With Keith Smith's Climax Jazz Band

1964, LP, 77 Records

Alton Purnell And His Funky Piano*

Pine Top's Boogie

1958, 7", Warner Bros. Records

Funky Piano New Orleans Style

Alton Purnell & Sammy Price

Texas And Louisiana Piano

LP, Album, Dixie Records (3)

Alton Purnell, Barry Martyn, The Chris Blount New Orleans Jazz Band

Alton Purnell & Barry Martyn With Chris Blount's Band

LP, Album, G.H.B.

New Orleans Rascals And Alton Purnell

Jazz At New Suntory 5

LP, Promo, Philips

Travelling Light

LP, Album, Dixie Records (3)

Bunk Johnson And His New Orleans Band

The Complete Decca Session

2005, CD, American Music,

The George Lewis Ragtime Jazz Band Of New Orleans*

The Oxford Series Vol. 14 Concert 2nd Half

1997, CD, Album, American Music

Bunk Johnson And His New Orleans Band

The Complete Deccas, Victors And V Discs Plus Alternate Takes November 1945 To January 1946

1994, CD, Comp, American Music,

The Legends Of Jazz

The Legends Of Jazz

The Legends Of Jazz

The Legends Of Jazz

1973, LP, Album, Crescent Jazz Productions

George Lewis And His New Orleans Stompers

Bunk Johnson And His New Orleans Band

Tishomingo Blues

George Lewis And His New Orleans Stompers

George Lewis And His New Orleans Stompers (Vol. 3)

1955, 10", Album, Mono, Blue Note

George Lewis And His New Orleans Stompers

George Lewis And His New Orleans Stompers (Volume 1)

George Lewis And His New Orleans Rhythm Boys*

George Lewis And His New Orleans Rhythm Boys

George Lewis And His New Orleans Stompers

George Lewis And His New Orleans Stompers (Volume 4)

George Lewis & His New Orleans Music

Pallet On The Floor / Martha

1951, Shellac, 10", Tempo (14)

George Lewis & His New Orleans Music

Ole Miss / Bugle Boy March

1951, Shellac, 10", Tempo (14)

George Lewis & His New Orleans Music

Burgundy St. Blues / Yaaka Hula Hick Y Dula

1951, Shellac, 10", Tempo (14), Tempo (14),

George Lewis & His New Orleans Music

Willie The Weeper / Sheik Of Araby

Bunk Johnson And His New Orleans Band

Tishomingo Blues / Alexander's Ragtime Band

1948, Shellac CT,

Bunk Johnson And His New Orleans Band

George Lewis And His New Orleans Stompers

George Lewis And His New Orleans Stompers

LP, SR International,

George Lewis Band

The George Lewis Band At The Angel

LP, Album, Golden Sunset Records

George Lewis Band Plus Lizzy Miles* & Friends*

At The Hangover Club San Francisco

LP, Not On Label,

George Lewis Band

The Sheik Of Araby

7", EP, Mono Records (6),

Dixieland/Ragtime

Bunk Johnson And His New Orleans Band

Tishomingo Blues / You Always Hurt The One You Love

George Lewis And His New Orleans Rhythm Boys*

Jazz From New Orleans Vol. 5

LP, Mono, Unofficial, Collector's Issue

APPEARANCES +

Classic V-Disc Small Group Jazz Sessions

2024, 11xCD, Comp, RM + Box, Comp, Ltd, Num, Mosaic Records (2),

Swing/Dixieland/Vocal/Bop/Ballad

Trevor Richards

50 Years Trio: Previously Unissued Material 1965 - 2015

2015, 3xCD, Comp, New Orleans Jazz Productions,

Dixieland/Swing

The Best Of George Lewis 1943-1964

2013, 2xCD, Album, G.H.B.,

55 Years of Jazz

2008, CD, Comp, Delmark Records,

Keith Smith (7) With George Lewis' Jazz Band* And Jimmy Archey's Hot Six

2007, CD, Album, G.H.B.,

Legends Of Jazz*

2005, CD, Album, G.H.B.

Doctors, Professors, Kings & Queens: The Big Ol' Box Of New Orleans

2004, 4xCD, Comp + Box, Shout! Factory,

Zydeco/Rhythm & Blues/Cajun

"Jam Session" The Only Complete Recordings

2004, CD, Comp, American Music

2004, CD, RE, Delmark Records

Les Haricots Rouges

40th Anniversary

2004, 2xCD, Album, Black And Blue

Legends Of Jazz*

Swedish Concert

2002, CD, Album, G.H.B.

The Fabulous George Lewis Band

2001, CD, Album, American Music,

Hello Central... Give Me Doctor Jazz

2001, CD, Comp, Delmark Records,

Dixieland/Swing

Jazzin' The Blues (Vol. 5 1930-1953) (Remaining Titles And Supplements)

2001, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2),

Jammin’ In The 1950s

2000, CD, Album, Jazz Crusade,

The George Lewis Band* With Clem Raymond And Tony Parenti

1999, CD, Album, American Music

George Lewis' Ragtime Band

At The Municipal Auditorium, Congo Square 1951 & 1952

1999, CD, Album, American Music

Keith Smith (7) . Jimmy Archey

1999, CD, Album, G.H.B.,

Leonard Bechet Quartet*

1999, CD, Album, G.H.B.

The New Orleans All Stars

New Orleans Jazz Party

1998, CD, Comp, ZYX Records,

Visions Of Jazz: A Musical Journey

1998, 2xCD, Comp, EMI, Blue Note,

Hard Bop/Soul-Jazz/Big Band/Jump Blues/Swing

George Lewis (2) With "Kid" Howard* And Jim Robinson

At The Club Hangover, San Francisco, 1953 Vol. 2

1997, CD, Album, Storyville

Hot Jazz On Blue Note

1996, 4xCD, Comp, RM, Blue Note, Blue Note, Smithsonian Institution Press, Smithsonian Institution Press,

Dixieland/Swing/Boogie Woogie/Piano Blues/Ragtime

New Orleans & Dixieland

1996, CD, Album, Comp, RCA, BMG,

The Beverly Caverns Sessions, Vol. 2

1996, CD, Album, Good Time Jazz,

Portrait Of Keith Smith "Mr Hefty Jazz" Vol. 1

1996, CD, Album, Lake Records

The George Lewis Band* With Elmer Talbert

1995, CD, Album, American Music

The George Lewis Ragtime Jazz Band Of New Orleans*

The Oxford Series Vol. 12 Concert 2nd Half

1995, CD, Album, American Music

The Legends Of Jazz Starring Barney Bigard

The Legends Of Jazz

Bands, Trios & Quintets

1994, CD, Album, American Music,

Dixieland/Ragtime

The Beverly Caverns Sessions

The George Lewis Ragtime Jazz Band Of New Orleans*

The Oxford Series Vol. 9 Church Service Rehearsal, And Party

1993, CD, American Music

The George Lewis Ragtime Jazz Band Of New Orleans*

The Oxford Series Vol. 8 Concert 2nd Half

1993, CD, Album, American Music

The George Lewis Ragtime Jazz Band Of New Orleans*

The Oxford Series Vol.11 Concert 1st Half

1993, CD, Album, American Music,

Jazz, Gospel & Blues!

1993, CD, Mardi Gras Records, Mardi Gras Records

The George Lewis Ragtime Jazz Band Of New Orleans*

The Oxford Series Vol. 7 Concert 1st Half

The George Lewis Ragtime Jazz Band Of New Orleans*

The Oxford Series Vol.6 Concert 2nd Half

Kid Thomas*, Thomas Jefferson (2), Percy Humphrey And Featuring Jim Robinson

New Orleans Trumpet Kings!

The George Lewis Ragtime Jazz Band Of New Orleans*

The Oxford Series Vol.17

The George Lewis Ragtime Jazz Band Of New Orleans*

The Oxford Series Vol. 4 Recording Session

1992, CD, Album, American Music,

George Lewis And His New Orleans Jazzband*

Sounds Of New Orleans Vol. 7

1992, CD, Album, RE, Storyville,

The George Lewis Ragtime Jazz Band Of New Orleans*

The Oxford Series Vol. 2 (Concert First Half)

1991, CD, Album, Mono, American Music

The George Lewis Ragtime Jazz Band Of New Orleans*

The Oxford Series Vol. 3 (Concert Second Half)

1991, CD, Album, Mono, American Music,

The George Lewis Ragtime Jazz Band Of New Orleans*

The Oxford Series Vol. 1

The Complete Blue Note Recordings Of George Lewis

1990, 5x Vinyl, Box Set,

George Lewis And His New Orleans Jazzband*

Sounds Of New Orleans Vol. 7

1988, LP, Album, Gat, Storyville

Maryland Jazz Band Of Cologne

25 Years Of Jazz

1985, LP, Comp, G.H.B.

George Lewis And His Ragtime Band*

Live At Club Hangover

Jimmy Noone* & Bunk Johnson

Kings Of New Orleans

Oscar "Papa" Celestin And His New Orleans Jazz Band* / George Lewis And His New Orleans Ragtime Jazz Band*

The Radio Broadcasts: 1950-1951

1981, LP, Comp, Folklyric Records

1979, Box Set, 10x Vinyl,

Swing/Soul-Jazz/Bop/Big Band

Písně Otce Vod 2

Dixieland/Ragtime

Jazz Spectrum Vol. 14 New Orleans Classics

A New Orleans Jazz Festival - 1949 & 1952

1974, LP, Comp, MCA Coral,

Dixieland/Ragtime

New Orleans Legends (Archive Of Jazz Volume 12)

1969, 7", EP, Fratelli Fabbri Editori

Bob Thiele Emergency

The Original New Orleans All Stars

The Original New Orleans All Stars

Keith Smith (7) With George Lewis's Jazz Band* & Jimmy Archey's Hot Six

Keith Smith With George Lewis's Jazz Band & JImmy Archey's Hot Six

George Lewis' New Orleans Ragtime Band*

George Lewis' New Orleans Ragtime Band Volume Two

The Best Of Dixieland

1960, 10", Comp, RCA,

George Lewis (2), Bunk Johnson

The George Lewis-Bunk Johnson Band

1960, 7", EP, Mono, Brunswick, Brunswick

One Sweet Letter From You

1959, 7", EP, Vogue Productions

On Stage - Concert Vol. 2

George Lewis' New Orleans Ragtime Band*

The Singing Clarinet (Memorial Album)

1958, LP, Album, Mono, Delmar Records,

Traditional Jazz

Ragtime/Big Band/Dixieland/Swing

George Lewis' New Orleans Ragtime Band*

George Lewis' New Orleans Ragtime Band*

The Singing Clarinet

George Lewis' New Orleans Ragtime Band*

George Lewis New Orleans Ragtime Band Volume Three

1957, 10", Esquire

George Lewis' New Orleans Ragtime Band*

George Lewis New Orleans Ragtime Band Volume Four

1957, 10", Esquire

George Lewis In Hi-Fi

1957, 7", EP, Vogue Productions,

George Lewis And His Ragtime Band*

Jazz At Vespers

Dixieland Sampler

George Lewis And His Ragtime Band*

George Lewis In Concert

George Lewis And His Ragtime Band*

Spirituals In Ragtime

1956, 10", Album, Red, Empirical (2),

Jazz In The Classic New Orleans Tradition

History Of Classic Jazz

George Lewis' Ragtime Band

Ice Cream / Down By The Riverside / Burgundy Street Blues

George Lewis & His New Orleans Music / Turk Murphy's Jazz Band / Kid Ory's Creole Jazz Band* / Pete Daily's Rhythm Kings

George Lewis (2) Featuring Red Allen*

New Orleans All Stars And Quartet

1955, Vinyl Deep Groove,

Great Trumpet Soloists

New Orleans Jazz Band And Quartet

George Lewis And His Ragtime Band* And Freddie Kohlman And His Band

New Orleans Jazz Concert

George Lewis And His Rag Time Band*

George Lewis and His Rag Time Band

1953, Vinyl Translucent Blue,

George Lewis' Ragtime Band

George Lewis' Ragtime Band - Vol. 1

George Lewis And His New Orleans Music*

Willie The Weeper / Mama Don't Allow It

Sister Ernestine B. Washington* Acc. By Bunk Johnson Jazz Band*

Does Jesus Care / The Lord Will Make A Way Somehow

1947, Shellac, 10", Disc Records

Bunk Johnson & His New Orleans Band*

When The Saints Go Marching In / Darktown Strutters' Ball

"Fats" Waller* / Bunk Johnson And His Band*

Bouncin' On A V-Disc / I Can't Escape From You

1946, 12", V Disc

Fats Waller / Bunk Johnson And His Band*

Solitude / Snag It

1946, 12", V Disc,

Big Band/Dixieland

Paul Chambers (3) / George Lewis

7", EP, Jazzbox,

George Lewis In Concert

LP, Album, Mono, Sounds (2)

Bunk Johnson And His New Orleans Jazz Band*

Bunk Johnson In New York 1945

LP, Comp, Dawn Club,

Dixieland/Ragtime

Giants Of New Orleans Vol. 30

2xLP, Comp, Monkey Records (4)

George Lewis' New Orleans Ragtime Band*

George Lewis' New Orleans Ragtime Band

LP, Mono, Ariola

Bunk Johnson And His New Orleans Jazz Band*

LP, Album, Comp, folklyric records,

Sister Ernestine B. Washington* Acc. By Bunk Johnson Jazz Band*

Does Jesus Care / The Lord Will Make A Way Somehow

Shellac, 10", RE, Melodisc (3)

George Lewis E Seus New Orleans Stompers*

New Orleans Stompers

2xLP, Comp, Blue Note

Collector's History Of Dixieland Music

5xLP, Comp, Murray Hill Records,

Bunk Johnson And His New Orleans Band / Kid Ory And His Creole Jazz Band

New Orleans Revival

4xShellac, 10", Album, Mono, Decca,

George Lewis' Ragtime Band

7", EP, Gre, Storyville,

Ragtime/Dixieland

George Lewis And His Rhythm Boys*

Saint Louis Street Blues / Red Wing

Shellac, 10", Southland Records

George Lewis And His Rag Time Band*

George Lewis And His Rag Time Band

10", Mono, Tra, Antone Records (4),

Keith Smith's American Allstars 1966

LP, Hefty Jazz Records

New Orleans Rarities Vol. 4

2xLP, Comp, W/Lbl, Rarities (2)

George Lewis' Ragtime Band

George Lewis' Ragtime Band

LP, Album, Joker (2)

George Lewis' Ragtime Band

7", Single, Storyville

In Hi Fi.........Plus

CD, Comp, M/Print, Upbeat Jazz,

Dixieland/Ragtime

Bunk Johnson & His New Orleans Band*

High Society / Snag It

Shellac, His Master's Voice,

George Lewis' New Orleans Ragtime Band*

George Lewis' New Orleans Ragtime Band

7", EP, Riverside Records,

The 77 Sessions

George Lewis And His Ragtime Band*

Volume 2 - Down By The Riverside

George Lewis Jam Session

George Lewis' Ragtime Band

George Lewis And His New Orleans Music*

Yaaka Hula Hickey Dula / Burgundy Street Blues

George Lewis And His New Orleans Jazzband*

George Lewis At Club Hangover Vol. 1

George Lewis' New Orleans Ragtime Band*

Ragtime/Dixieland

George Lewis & His Ragtime Band*

George Lewis & His Ragtime Band A. O.

Walking To New Orleans (A History Of The Crescent City Piano Pioneers)

2014, 4xCD, Comp + Box, Proper Records (2),

Rock & Roll/Rhythm & Blues

The First GHB Compact Disc Sampler

Tribute To Louis

Keys A La Carte

Best Of Blend Rock & Roll Collection Vol. VII

CD, Comp, Blend (5),

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