
The View from the Back of the Band
Part of North Texas Lives Of Musician Series
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- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 384
- Published
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of North Texas Press,U.S.
About this book
The story
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 seventeen he was a full-time professional musician.
The View from the Back of the Band is the first biography of this legendary jazz drummer.
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