D'Vonne Lewis is a self-taught drummer with a background in gospel, funk, and rhythm and blues. Lewis graduated from Seattles Roosevelt High School where he has received numerous high school jazz band awards, including outstanding soloist at the Essentially Ellington Jazz Festival for the years of 2000, 2001, and 2002. In early 2007, he was awarded the Seattle Jazz, Earshot Jazz Golden Ear Award for Emerging Artist of 2006. Lewis has performed with Wynton Marsalis and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, Marian McPartland, guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli, vocalist Dee Daniels, jazz clarinetist Eddie Daniels, Larry Fuller, and out-sax titan Charles Gayle. Lewis plays in several bands around the puget sound exploring a broad range of music styles including jazz, funk, African, Brazilian, hip-hop, and r&b. In the fall of 2004, the D'Vonne Lewis Quintet was featured at the Earshot Jazz Festival. He now leads his own quartet, Industrial Revelation; and his own trio Triplication. D'Vonne is a regular member of Marc Seales' Quintet; Skerik/Doria "McTuff"Quartet;(a tribute band to Jack McDuff) Seattle's soul queen Choklate; Seattle's Blue Scholars; and last but not least, the Hadley Caliman Quartet.


Stranger Suggests article by Jonathan Zwickel
“D'vonne Lewis is the most talented drummer I've seen in Seattle. In a city with a history of monster stickmen, its own professional drum school, and a drummer website listing almost 150 drummers, this guy's the truth. I've witnessed nu-bop trio Industrial Revelation, Paul Rucker's improv big band, and a slew of Skerik's far-flung projects all shine brighter when the kid's behind the kit. Most rock drummers will give it up to their jazz counterparts, and Lewis is exactly the reason why. Relaxed, unfettered, beyond the pocket (he IS the pocket, and the needlepoint stitching around it, and the blue fuzzy stuff at the bottom), Lewis plays with the skill and ease of an old pro—and he's just turned 24.”