Word: lewises
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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The Chicago suburb of Markham looks like any of the thousands of bedroom communities that rim the cities of the nation: its lawns are well trimmed, its homes are split level or ranch, its streets neat and winding. To the 40O-home subdivision of Park Terrace in Markham last week...
They were not. "They just stared at me," says Salesman Lewis. "They couldn't believe their ears." The couple examined the model homes, walked through the neighborhood. Said the husband: "I never dreamed that Negroes could live so well around Chicago. I always pictured them as living in slums...
Opening at Manhattan's Copacabana, Joe E. Lewis entertained an audience that included his usual hecklers, one of whom was soon on the short end of a new Lewis squelch: "Sir, you're a disgrace to your sex, whichever that may be."
¶ Ramsey Lewis Trio, a Chicago group fashioned after the Ahmad Jamal Trio (which got top festival billing, but favored too many innovations at the expense of recognizable jazz). The trio played its progressive music with such style that it was the second night's biggest hit.
¶ Modern Jazz Quartet, a fine, precise team of arrangement-conscious musicians led by Pianist John Lewis, who make jazz sound like a 19th century tone poem. With a sharp, clear vibes, a versatile piano, a bass and a set of traps, the quartet warmed up with a cool version...