Lewine's tapes a slam-dunk
Wayne Thompson, Jazz Scene

Alan Lewines's latest album, "Free Wheeling," is the most provocative of the three that bear his name. By way of introduction, Lewine is a newcomer to Portland. But it didn't take him long to catch on here. In January alone he was booked for 22 gigs in the Portland area. Lewine, a composer and a scholar in many of jazz's many splendored forms...more