The View from the Back of the Band : The Life and Music of Mel Lewis /
Mel Lewis (1929-1990) was born Melvin Sokoloff to Jewish Russian immigrants in Buffalo, New York. He first picked up his father's drumsticks at the age of two and at 17 he was a full-time professional musician. The View from the Back of the Band is the first biography of this legendary jazz dru...
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Denton, Texas :
University of North Texas Press,
2014.
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Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | Mel Lewis (1929-1990) was born Melvin Sokoloff to Jewish Russian immigrants in Buffalo, New York. He first picked up his father's drumsticks at the age of two and at 17 he was a full-time professional musician. The View from the Back of the Band is the first biography of this legendary jazz drummer. For over fifty years, Lewis provided the blueprint for how a drummer could subtly support any musical situation. |
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Notas: | Based on: Thesis (D.A.)--University of Northern Colorado, 2012. |
Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (384 pages). |
ISBN: | 9781574415872 |