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4. Feb. 1990 · Mel Lewis, the jazz drummer and orchestra leader, died of melanoma Friday evening at Cabrini Hospice in Manhattan. He was 60 years old. In 1965 Mr. Lewis, widely considered one of the...
Melvin Sokoloff (May 10, 1929 – February 2, 1990), known professionally as Mel Lewis, was an American jazz drummer, session musician, professor, and author. He received fourteen Grammy Award nominations.
Lewis trat im Dezember 1989 zum letzten Mal im Village Vanguard mit dem Mel Lewis Orchestra auf. Anfang 1990 reiste er zu einer Versammlung der International Association for Jazz Education nach New Orleans und trat mit seiner Band auf. Es war sein letzter Auftritt, am 2. Februar erlag er einem Krebsleiden.
2. März 2024 · The Curb Your Enthusiasm actor and comedian died at 9.22 p.m. on Feb. 27 from "cardiopulmonary arrest" according to his death certificate obtained by PEOPLE. Lewis was 76 when he died, and,...
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10. Jan. 2012 · But I’ll be there.” He died on February 2, just a few days before the band was scheduled to mark its twenty-fourth anniversary at the club. When Village Vanguard owner Max Gordon died last year, many declared that it was the end of an era. In many ways it was, but as long as Mel Lewis was there on Monday nights, it wasn’t completely over ...
It was his final performance. Lewis died on February 2, just days before his band was to celebrate its 24th anniversary at the Village Vanguard. I once asked Mel to evaluate himself. “Mel Lewis, I guess, is a guy who has never known anything in his life except drums and music,” he replied. “I admit I am very opinionated and I really can ...
9. Apr. 2015 · Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra: The Definitive Thad Jones. by George Kanzler February 7, 2010. Recorded in 1988, over two decades after the creation of the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra and a decade after Jones left the band, this is also its last recording under Lewis' helm (he died two years later, 20 years ago in February, 2010). As such, it ...
