Lewis Robert Porter (born May 14, 1951) is an American jazz pianist, composer, author, and educator.
[5] Porter has performed as a jazz pianist since his college days, and worked during his Boston years (1974–86) with Alan Dawson, Herb Pomeroy, George Garzone and others.
(He also played alto saxophone during those years, but gave it up around 1994 due to lack of time to practice it in addition to the piano.)
His 2018 album Beauty & Mystery featured Terri Lyne Carrington, John Patitucci and Tia Fuller.
[7] Among the latter are Second Voyage with Dan Faulk and Dave Liebman (2002)[8] and Italian Encounter with Furio DiCastri "live" for the Siena Jazz Festival (2007),[9] on the Altrisuoni label, and Trio/Solo with Joris Teepe and Rudy Royston (Unseen Rain label, 2017) and among those as co-leader, Surreality with Dave Liebman and Marc Ribot (Enja), Transformation (keyboard duets with Marc Rossi/Altrisuoni label) and Just Four (as a member of the India/Jazz group Dharma Jazz with Badal Roy and Freddie Bryant).
He frequently appears as a guest on NPR, WNYC, BBC and WBGO,[18] as well as on visual media such as BET and documentary films such as Chasing Trane,[19] among others.