In Good Company

By R Life, posted Dec 1st 2009 at 3:00AM

What do Philip Seymour Hoffman, Dave Matthews Band, Alvin Ailey Dance Theater and Google have in common?  Yup, you guessed it: Eric Lewis.  The innovative Jazz musician just cant stand still these days.  Literally.  ELEW as he is know through the ranks is probably most famous for his energetically live piano performances, but that’s just the beginning.

Above, he is performing at the launch party at Fendi on Fifth Avenue for Sharon Coplan Hurowitz’s new book on conceptual artist John Baldessari: A Catalogue Raisonne of Prints and Multiples, 1971-2007.  Photo courtesy of Elle News Blog

ELEW is a Renaissance favorite and has appeared at many Renaissance Hotels events, including the launch party for New York Hotel 57 and a recent private event at the Washington DC M Street Hotel.

Recently, he joined the prestigious roster of award winning actors and artists, such as Adrien Brody, Chris Cooper, Gary Oldman, and Coldplay at the Paradigm entertainment agency; started up his own label; collaborated with Alvin Ailey on an acclaimed performance; wrote his first score; and is working with Google on several new projects.

Read more to get the latest and greatest on one of the most innovative jazz musicians of our time…

First and foremost, ELEW has joined the elite roster of actors, musical artists, directors, writers and producers at Paradigm.

Next, he formed his own entertainment label called Ninjazz Entertainment LLC.  Like it’s founder, the company will strive to produce content that is consistently engaging and innovative.  And the label’s first release will be ELEW’s long awaited debut solo album called ELEW RockJazz Volume 1 (available Q1 2010…check back for more details in early 2010).

His foray into film: Four Season Lodge, which features ELEW’s first commercially released film score has ben showing rave reviews in NYC.  Get out to see it while you can:  Showtimes / Trailer / Official Site

His collaboration with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater on Among Us.  If you’re in NYC this holiday season definitely check it out.  Learn more about the 2009-2010 season.

And, Google! Currently he’s working on several projects with key creative execs at the internet giant.  Stay tuned to see what he has in store for 2010!

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