Mike Lewis is an American saxophonist and bassist from

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, Minnesota. He is a founding member of the contemporary

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groups

Happy Apple Happy Apple is an American jazz trio from Minneapolis, Minnesota. Initially formed in 1996 by David King (drums), Michael Lewis (saxophone), Anton Denner (saxophone) and Cully Swansen (bass), since 1998 the lineup has consisted of King, Le ...

and Fat Kid Wednesdays. He plays electric bass in

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and saxophone in

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. He is also a member of the group Gayngs and formerly the hip hop group

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. Lewis has recorded and performed live with

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's band as well as Dosh. He has also recorded with

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Discography

Happy Apple

* ''Blown Shockwaves & Crash Flow'' (1997) * ''Part of the Solutionproblem'' (1998) * ''Body Popping Moon Walking Top Rocking'' (1999) * ''Jazzercise with the Elders/E Equals What I Says It Does/God Bless Certain Portions of the USA'' (2000) * ''Please Refrain from Fronting'' (2001) * ''Youth Oriented'' (2003) * ''The Peace Between Our Companies'' (2004) * ''Happy Apple Back on Top'' (2007) * ''New York CD'' (2020) * ''Nothin' But Net: Live 1998–2000'' (2021)

Fat Kid Wednesdays

* ''Set One'' (2002) * ''The Art of Cherry'' (2004) * ''Singles'' (2006)

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* ''Ether Teeth'' (2003) * ''Hummer'' (2004) * '' 10th Avenue Freakout'' (2005) * ''Loss Leader'' (2006) * ''Ditherer'' (2007) * ''For Good'' (2016)

Redstart

* ''One'' (2002) * ''So Far from Over'' (2004)

Alpha Consumer

* ''Alpha Consumer'' (2006) * ''Gary Victorsen's'' (2008) * ''Kick Drugs Out of America'' (2011) * ''Meat'' (2014)

Chris Morrissey Quartet

* ''The Morning World'' (2009) * ''North Hero'' (2013)

Gayngs

* ''Relayted'' (2010)

Bryan Nichols Quintet

* ''Bright Places'' (2011)

Bon Iver Bon Iver ( ) is an American indie folk band founded in 2006 by singer-songwriter Justin Vernon in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Vernon had originally formed Bon Iver as a solo project, but it eventually became a band consisting of Vernon (vocals, guit ...

* ''

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'' (2011) * ''

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'' (2016) * '' i,i'' (2019) * ''

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'' (2024)

Gramma's Boyfriend

* ''Human Eye'' (2013)

Other contributions

Dosh * '' Pure Trash'' (2004) * '' The Lost Take'' (2006) * '' Wolves and Wishes'' (2008) * ''

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'' (2010) * ''Milk Money'' (2013) * ''Tomorrow 1972'' (2021)

* '' Noble Beast'' (2009) * '' Break It Yourself'' (2012) Haley Bonar * ''Golder'' (2011) * ''Pleasureland'' (2018)

The Tallest Man on Earth Kristian Matsson (born 30 April 1983) is a Swedish singer-songwriter who performs under the stage name The Tallest Man on Earth. Matsson grew up in Leksand, and began his solo career in 2006, having previously been the lead singer of the Indepen ...

* '' Dark Bird Is Home'' (2015)

References

External links

* Musicians from Minnesota American male saxophonists American double-bassists American male double-bassists Living people Bon Iver members 21st-century American saxophonists 21st-century American double-bassists 21st-century American male musicians Year of birth missing (living people) Gayngs members {{double-bassist-stub