| Jack Lewis | |
| Background: | solo_singer |
| Alias: | Laissezfaire Lewis, Jack Lewis and the Cutoffs |
| Birth Date: | October 1980 |
| Birth Place: | New York City, New York, United States |
| Instrument: | Vocals, bass |
| Genre: | Lo-Fi-DIY-Indie-Pop-Core, Beat Poetry |
| Occupation: | Musician, visual artist |
| Years Active: | 1997 - present |
| Label: | Smoking Gun Rough Trade OliveJuiceMusic.com https://dongiovannirecords.com/ |
| Associated Acts: | Jeffrey Lewis Herman Düne Kimya Dawson The Wave Pictures The Fishermen Three |
Jack Lewis (born October 1980 in New York City, New York) is an American musician and artist. He was born and raised on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. He is the younger brother of Jeffrey Lewis, whom he has often performed and recorded with. Jack Lewis is now based in Portland, Oregon
Lewis is a 1998 graduate of LaGuardia High School, where he focused on the visual arts. He went on to graduate from Bard College with a degree in visual arts in June, 2002. After graduating he worked at the Museum of Modern Art for the video curator Barbara London and Sally Berger.
Lewis self-released L'vov's Lament under the name "Lesser Lewis" in 2002.
He has written and performed on songs for Jeffrey Lewis's albums It's The Ones Who've Cracked That The Light Shines Through in 2003, and Em Are I (2008).[1]
Lewis released L'vov Reads His Notes in 2005 (featuring Herman Dune) and L'vov Goes To Emandee with My UNICEF Box in 2007 under the name: Jack Lewis and the Cutoffs. In 2007, he did a Take-Away Show.
The Bundles, a band featuring Kimya Dawson, Karl Blau, Anders Griffen, and Jeffrey Lewis and Jack Lewis, released their first album in March 2010 on K Records.[2]