PERFORMANCE/TOUR: Eric Lewis Interpreting Classics of an Alternative Kind

The jazz pianist Eric Lewis recently said that when he first listened to the rap-rock band Linkin Park, the sound of its singer, Chester Bennington, put him in mind of John Coltrane. He also said that Linkin Park made him think of Miles Davis and Elvin Jones and Puccini. Seriously: it’s in an interview on the blog of the TED conference (blog.ted.com), an annual gathering of maverick ideologues, where he and his band recently performed...

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