Mel Lewis
#115,816
Most Influential Person Across History
American musician
Mel Lewis's AcademicInfluence.com Rankings
Download Badge
Communications
Why Is Mel Lewis Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Melvin Sokoloff , known professionally as Mel Lewis, was an American jazz drummer, session musician, professor, and author. He received fourteen Grammy Award nominations. Biography Early years Lewis was born in Buffalo, New York, to Russian-Jewish immigrant parents Samuel and Mildred Sokoloff. He started playing professionally as a teen, eventually joining Stan Kenton in 1954. His musical career brought him to Los Angeles in 1957 and New York City in 1963.
