Tony Lewis

Independent

Tony Lewis

About

Paiste Artist Since
March 2016

Nationality
United States

Main Affiliations
Independent
Circular Time
Tony Lewis & Section 4

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Videos & Pics

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Get Lucky
video
Waiting for the Sun
video
My Favorite Things - Zen Brother. (official music video)
video

Biography

Playing for 50 years this Music & Art Graduate has been blessed to perform and tour the world with his talents. Artists worked with: Little Richard, B.B. King, Dizzy Gillespie, Sting, Vernon Reid Artists toured with: Sam Moore (Sam N' Dave), Cyndi Lauper, Richard Street's Temptations, Bob Baldwin, Me'Shell N'degOcello Artists recorded with: 24-7 Spyz, Michael Hill's Blues Mob, Ambitious Lovers, Craig Harris, Jean-Paul Bourelly, Caetano Veloso Working on European Fall tour with 24-7 Spyz. My Solo Project is Zen Brother and we are working on an album for late 2021 release.

Setup Cymbals

  • Details

    Sizes: 10", 8"
    Volume: Soft
    Weight: Light

    Sound character: Full, wet with a brittle, trashy side. Fairly wide range, complex mix. Soft and very responsive, giving feel with a short, exploding sparkly splash character. Very well suited for dynamic effect accents in many musical styles. Also, well suited for hand playing in percussive set-ups.

  • Sounds
  • Details

    Sizes: 16", 17", 18", 19", 20"
    Volume: Medium
    Weight: Light

    Sound character: Dark, warm, smoky. Medium wide range, complex mix. Buttery, soft feel with quick response. Rich, dark, mystical crash sound with tender clarity. Extremely lively cymbal for broad accents and crashes in intimate to semi-loud settings. Well suited for delicate ride patterns or mallet swells. «For those guys who really appreciate just having a cymbal that can do everything, the larger Dark Crashes can do anything. Very crash-able, and if you want to ride on them, they will give you all the ride patterns in the world.» - Gregory Hutchinson

  • Sounds
  • Details

    Sizes: 14", 15"
    Volume: Soft
    Weight: Medium

    Sound character: Dark, full, soft, multi-layered. Medium wide range, complex mix. Soft, responsive feel. Velvety sizzling open sound. Rich, dark chick sound. A sensitive hi-hat perfectly suited for light to medium heavy use within Jazz, Blues, Country and other acoustic music styles.

  • Sounds