George Lewis was best known as a clarinetist. He was born in 1900 in New Orleans and rose to fame for playing the clarinet in a jazz style. He died in 1968.

no.
the only major jazz artist I know of who is blind is george shearing.

Smooth jazz originated in the United States in the 1960s-1970s. It was influenced by jazz, R&B, pop and rock, with artists such as George Benson and Pat Metheny.

No, he wouldn't be classified as a gospel artist even though he had a very soulful voice, he is known as a jazz artist

Jonathan Lewis - artist - was born in 1970.