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Mel Lewis

Mel Lewis
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About the artist

Mel Lewis (May 10, 1929 - February 2, 1990) was a drummer, jazz musician and band leader. He was born in Buffalo, New York to Russian immigrant parents. His birth name was Melvin Sokoloff. He started playing professionally as a teen, eventually joining Stan Kenton in 1954. His musical career brought him to Los Angeles in 1957 and New York in 1963. In 1966 in New York, he teamed up with Thad Jones to lead the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Big Band. The group started as informal jam sessions with the top studio and jazz musicians of the city

Top songs

  1. Grey Flannel
  2. First Love Song
  3. Ding Dong Ding
  4. Hello
  5. Skylark
  6. Hello & Goodbye
  7. The Fan Club
  8. You Took Advantage of Me
  9. Brookside
  10. Ganaview Peninsula
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  1. A Child Is Born
  2. El Co
  3. Charlie's Cavern
  4. Hello And Goodbye
  5. Jazz Goes to Siwash
  6. Big Mac
  7. Dolphin Dance - Live
  8. Grey Flannel (feat. Jack Sheldon, Charlie Mariano, Bill Holman & Marty Paich)
  9. Dont Git Sassy (Live) (1994 Remix)
  10. One Finger Snap
  11. Zig Zag
  12. Moose The Mooche
  13. Nokocester Reef
  14. One Finger Snap - Live
  15. Dolphin Dance
  16. Eye of the Hurricane - Live
  17. De Samba
  18. Sho' Nuff Did
  19. Cherry Juice
  20. Eye of the Hurricane
  21. Windflower
  22. Mel Lewis-Rhythm
  23. Wiggle Waggle
  24. The Groove Merchant (with Thad Jones & Sonny Lester)
  25. Ding, Dong, Ding
  26. Wiggle Waggle - Live
  27. Speak Like a Child
  28. Brushes
  29. Us
  30. Ain't Nuthin' Nu
  31. Speak Like a Child - Live
  32. Big Dipper (with Thad Jones & Sonny Lester)
  33. Goodbye
  34. El Come Sunday
  35. Tiptoe
  36. Ain't Nothin' Nu
  37. Dedication
  38. To You
  39. Verdare Archipelago
  40. It Only Happens Every Time
  41. Main Title
  42. Quietude
  43. Hello And Goodbye - Original
  44. Leave Your Worries Behind
  45. Skylark - Original
  46. Only for Now
  47. Ding Dong Ding - Original
  48. Frankenstein Vs. The Creature From Blood Cove - Main Title (2:19)
  49. Soft Lights and Sweet Music
  50. Little Pixie
  51. Get out of My Life
  52. Allanjuneally
  53. Ghost Of Victor Frankenstein
  54. First Love Song - Original
  55. Brushes - Instrumental
  56. Consummation
  57. Percy
  58. Groove Merchant
  59. Fingers
  60. Ahunk Ahunk
  61. Sir Richard Face
  62. Zig-Zag
  63. The Groove Merchant
  64. Native American
  65. In a Mellotone
  66. Gabrielle
  67. Werewolf Attack
  68. Frankenstein Transport
  69. Two as One
  70. St. Louis Blues
  71. Like Young
  72. El Cerrito
  73. Blue Note
  74. Creature Attacks Harry
  75. Voyager
  76. Big Dipper
  77. Beula
  78. Frankenstein Attacks
  79. Search For Frankenstein's Grave
  80. Low Down
  81. Don't Git Sassy
  82. Shellvania
  83. Warm Valley
  84. Mel Lewis - Rhythm
  85. Bulgaria
  86. El Co - Original
  87. Groovin' High
  88. Frankie Falls In Love
  89. Laboratory
  90. Creature Attack

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