Musical work
trumpeter; baritone horn player; ensemble musician. Instruments recorded in the collection: baritone horn; trumpet. Genres: jazz; swing.
Evidence and identity
medium-high: birthplace and specialty are corroborated by the OHS table and a biographical reference; the UMKC finding-aid metadata corroborates his Basie trumpet identity.
Oklahoma Jazz Artists
Buddy Anderson, Jim Keltner, Ed Lewis, Stan Wrightsman, and the unresolved Joe Thomas/Walter Thomas entries.
Lewis, Big Ed, actually Edward
Ed Lewis identity variants, Eagle City Oklahoma birthplace, dates, trumpet role, and Basie-era career.
Mutual Musicians Foundation collection metadata
Ed Lewis identification in Basie-related photo metadata and trumpet identity.