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Showing posts with label Mel Lewis. Show all posts

Showing posts with label Mel Lewis. Show all posts

Monday, September 22, 2025

"Mel Lewis: The View from the Back of the Band" - The Chris Smith Biography [From the Archives]

© -Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved. “Mel showed me at that time, what a drummer is capable of doing as far as being...

Friday, September 3, 2021

Mel Lewis, Terry Gibbs and The Dream Band

© Copyright ® Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved. Due to his huge presence on the New York Jazz scene beginning around...

Tuesday, June 29, 2021

The Peripatetic Mel Lewis [From the Archives]

© -Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved. Drummers make or break big bands. Along with the lead trumpet and f...

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