The View from the Back of the Band : The Life and Music of Mel Lewis /

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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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Autor principal: Smith, Chris, 1981- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Denton, Texas : University of North Texas Press, 2014.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Lewis, Mel, > 1929-1990.
Jazz musicians.
Drummers (Musicians)
MUSIC > Printed Music > Percussion.
MUSIC > Musical Instruments > Piano & Keyboard.
Batteurs (Instrumentistes) > États-Unis > Biographies.
Musiciens de jazz > États-Unis > Biographies.
Drummers (Musicians) > United States > Biography.
Jazz musicians > United States > Biography.
United States.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword: 'Uncle Mel' by John Mosca
  • Preface
  • Born a drummer
  • Mel meets New York City
  • Brookmeyer and Kenton's initial offer
  • Kenton presents Mel Lewis
  • Contemporary concepts and Thad Jones
  • Life in Los Angeles
  • Terry Gibbs and 'The tailor'
  • Webster and Mulligan
  • Mel's new cymbal and Europe with Dizzy
  • The Soviet Union and a move East
  • Back in the Big Apple
  • Thad and Mel get their opening
  • Opening night at the Village Vanguard
  • The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra and Solid State
  • Thad and Mel hit the road, and the road hits back
  • The youth movement
  • Ten years at the Village Vanguard / The road family
  • Thad leaves for Denmark
  • Mel Lewis and the Jazz Orchestra
  • The musical mentor
  • Twenty years at the Vanguard / A new fight
  • Hello and goodbye
  • Memories of Mel
  • Afterword: 'Mel's example' by John Riley
  • Transcriptions and listening guides
  • Mel Lewis equipment timeline
  • Selected discography
  • Notes.

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