Old Rugged Cross Lewis George 1962

Old Rugged Cross Lewis George 1962 George Lewis plays Old Rugged Cross during a performance in Japan in 1962. George Lewis (13 July 1900 31 December 1968) was an American jazz clarinetist who achieved his greatest fame and influence in his later decades of life. He was born in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana. Lewis was playing clarinet professionally by 1917. He played with Buddie Petit, Chris Kelly regularly, and sometimes with Kid Ory and many other band leaders, seldom traveling