Mel Lewis (American jazz drummer)

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Annotation

Mr Melvin Sokoloff most important contributions are recorded under the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra.
He was a very talented drummer, with a highly distinctive cymbals play.

Annotation last modified on 2006-08-08 09:27 UTC.

Discography

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Year	Title	Artist	Rating	Releases
—	Presenting Thad Jones, Mel Lewis & "The jazz Orchestra" / Live at the Village Vanguard / The Big Band Sound of Thad Jones & Mel Lewis Featurng Miss Ruth Brown	Thad Jones, Mel Lewis, Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra & Ruth Brown		1

Album

Year	Title	Artist	Rating	Releases
1957	Sextet	Mel Lewis		2
1959	Jive for Five	Bill Holman, Mel Lewis Quintet		1
1962	Jazz Mission to Moscow	Zoot Sims, Phil Woods, Bill Crow, Willie Dennis & Mel Lewis		7
1968	The Big Band Sound of Thad Jones · Mel Lewis	Thad Jones, Mel Lewis Orchestra featuring Miss Ruth Brown		4
1974	Gettin' Together	Mel Lewis & Friends		1
1975	Stephane Grappelli Meets the Rhythm Section	Stephane Grappelli, Roland Hanna · Jiri Mraz · Mel Lewis		4
1977	Mel Lewis And Friends	Mel Lewis		1
1978	Thad Jones, Mel Lewis & UMO	Thad Jones, Mel Lewis & UMO		1
1982	Make Me Smile & Other New Works By Bob Brookmeyer	Mel Lewis & The Jazz Orchestra		1
1982	The Third Stone	Jiggs Whigham, Bill Holman, Mel Lewis, WDR Big Band and Strings		1
1987	Jazz Delivery	Hacke Björksten, Mel Lewis & Ulf Johansson		1
1987	Keep Hot	Joe Haider Jazz orchestra starring Mel Lewis		1
1988	Naturally	Mel Lewis		1
1990	Last Recordings	Mel Lewis		1
1995	Mellifuous	Mel Lewis, Dick Oatts, John Mosca, Jim McNeely, Marc Johnson		1
—	Mel Lewis & the Jazz Orchestra Play the Compositions of Herbie Hancock Live in Montreux	Mel Lewis		1

Album + Compilation

Year	Title	Artist	Rating	Releases
1990	Thad Jones / Mel Lewis	Thad Jones / Mel Lewis		1
2016	Septet & Sextet	Mel Lewis		1

Album + Live

Year	Title	Artist	Rating	Releases
1968	Jazz for a Sunday Afternoon (Volume I)	Pepper Adams, Chick Corea, Richard Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Elvin Jones, Mel Lewis & Ray Nance		1
1977	Live in Munich	Thad Jones & Mel Lewis		1
1990	Kenton '56 In Concert	Stan Kenton featuring Pepper Adams, Mel Lewis, Lennie Niehaus, Richie Kamuca, Bill Perkins		1
1991	Live At The Village Vanguard	Bob Brookmeyer, Clark Terry, Mel Lewis And The Jazz Orchestra		2
1992	Directly From The Half Note	Phil Woods, Jimmy Rushing, Zot Sims, Al Cohn, Richie Kamuca, Dave Frishberg, Major Holley, Mel Lewis, Tommy Potter, Mousey Alexander		1
1997	Village Vanguard Live Sessions	Chick Corea, Dizzy Gillespie, Elvin Jones, Mel Lewis, Ray Nance, Pepper Adams, Richard Davis		1

Single

Year	Title	Artist	Rating	Releases
1968	Yes Sir, That's My Baby / Be Anything (But Be Mine)	Thad & Mel, Ruth Brown		1

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