Lewis Nash

{{short description|American jazz drummer}}

{{for|the American engineer|Lewis H. Nash}}

{{BLP sources|date=January 2016}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2014}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Lewis Nash

| image = Lewis_Nash_2014.jpg

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| caption = Nash in 2014

| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1958|12|30}}

| birth_place = Phoenix, Arizona

| genre = Jazz

| occupation = Musician

| instrument = Drums

| years_active = 1982–present

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| associated_acts = Betty Carter, Branford Marsalis, Ron Carter, Don Pullen/George Adams, The Blue Note 7, John Lee

| website = {{URL|www.lewisnashmusic.com}}

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Lewis Nash (born December 30, 1958) is an American jazz drummer.{{cite web|url=http://www.drummerworld.com/drummers/Lewis_Nash.html|title=Drummerworld: Lewis Nash|last=Castiglion|first=Bernhard|date=1997–2011|work=Feature article for Lewis Nash|publisher=Drummerworld.com|access-date=July 23, 2011}} According to Modern Drummer magazine, Nash has one of the longest discographies in jazz and has played on over 400 records, earning him the honor of Jazz's Most Valuable Player by the magazine in its May 2009 issue.{{cite web|url = http://www.moderndrummer.com/updatefull/200001753/Lewis%20Nash|title = Modern Drummer magazine|last = Micallef|first = Ken|date = May 2009|work = Lewis Nash: Jazz's Most Valuable Player|publisher = Modern Drummer Magazine 2011|access-date = July 23, 2011|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110907142339/http://www.moderndrummer.com/updatefull/200001753/Lewis%20Nash|archive-date = September 7, 2011|df = mdy-all}}

In 2012, [https://thenash.org/ The Nash Jazz Club],] opened in Phoenix, AZ. Named after Lewis Nash by [https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/860331150 Jazz in AZ] 501(c)(3), The Nash Jazz Club is dedicated to performances and educational programs that promote jazz education.

In 2017, Nash joined the jazz studies faculty at Arizona State University, where he was named the Bob and Gretchen Ravenscroft Professor of Practice in Jazz. In early 2021, the Lewis Nash Scholarship Endowment was created by the university to be awarded annually to a deserving ASU undergraduate or graduate jazz performance student.

Nash is noted for his adaptability to a vast array of genres, as evidenced by his performances with such different musicians as Tommy Flanagan and Don Pullen. Nash has made 5 recordings as bandleader: Rhythm is My Business (1989), It Don't Mean a Thing (2003 Japanese import) and Stompin' at the Savoy (2005 Japanese import), Lewis Nash and the Bebop All-Stars featuring Frank Wess (2008 Japanese Import), and The Highest Mountain (2012). In 2008, Nash became part of The Blue Note 7, a septet formed that year in honor of the 70th anniversary of Blue Note Records.