Mel Lewis

drums, percussion

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Top collaborators

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Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra
Bothus Podas
Art Pepper
Ella Fitzgerald
Stan Kenton

Work on other artists' recordings

Artist name Roles Recordings
Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra drums A Child Is Born, A Child is Born, A'That's Freedom, Ah' That's Freedom, Ahunk Ahunk, All My Yesterdays, Ambiance, And I Love You So, Baca Feelin', Bacha Feelin, Big Dipper, Blues in a Minute, Cecilia Is Love, Central Park North, Cherry Juice, Consummation, Dedication, Don't Git Sassy, Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing, Fingers, For the Love of Money, Forever Lasting, Gettin' Sassy, Greetings And Salutations, I Love You, It Only Happens Every Time, Jive Samba, Little Pixi II, Little Pixie, Little Rascal On A Rock, Living for the City, Love And Harmony, Love To One Is One To Love, Quiet Lady, Quietude, Samba Con Get Chu, Samba Con Getchu, Thank You, That's Freedom, The Groove Merchant, The Second Race, Tiptoe, Tow Away Zone, Us, Willow Tree, Yours and Mine
Bothus Podas drums Blues in B Flat, Blues in B Flat (CD master take), Blues in B Flat (alternative take), Blues in B Flat (breakdown / discussion / false start), Chelsea Bridge, Chelsea Bridge (LP master take), Chelsea Bridge (alternate take), Fajista, Fajista (CD master take), Fajista (alternative take), Fajista (discussion and rehersal), Fajista (false start), For Bessie, For Bessie (CD master take), Go Home, Go Home (LP master take with insert as issued), Go Home (end of unedited-3), Go Home (unedited insert), Go Home: (breakdown / rehersal and false start), In a Mellotone, In a Mellow Tone (CD master take), In a Mellow Tone (alternate take), Sunday, Sunday (LP master take), Sunday (false start / alternative take), Tell Me When, Tell Me When (LP master take), Tell Me When (alternative take), The Cat Walk, The Cat Walk (LP master take), The Cat Walk (alternative take), The Cat Walk (rehersal and discussion / false start and discussion / breakdown), The Cat Walk (warmup / breakdown / breakdown), What Is This Thing Called Love, What Is This Thing Called Love? (CD master take), Who's Got Rhythm, Who's Got Rhythm?, Who’s Got Rhythm? (LP master take)
Art Pepper drums A Foggy Day, Airegin, All Of Me, Angel Eyes, Anthropology, Bernie's Tune, Bernie’s Tune, Diane-A-Flow, Donna Lee, Donna Lee (alternate take), Four Brothers, Groovin' High, Groovin’ High, Just Friends, Limehouse Blues, Move, Opus De Funk, Opus de Funk, Round Midnight, Shaw 'Nuff, Shaw ’Nuff, Solid Desylva, Sweet And Lovely, Walkin', Walkin' (alternate take 1), Walkin' (alternate take 2), Walkin' Shoes, Walkin’, Walkin’ Shoes, What Is This Thing Called Love, Zenobia, ’Round Midnight
Ella Fitzgerald drums 720 in the Books, As Long as I Live, Blues in the Night, But Not for Me [45 Rpm version], Fascinating Rhythm, Funny Face, Gotta Be This or That, I Can't Be Bothered Now, I Was Doing All Right, If I Were a Bell, Just You, Just Me, Knock Me a Kiss, Let's Call the Whole Thing Off, Let's Kiss and Make Up, Little Jazz, Little White Lies, Looking for a Boy, Lorelei [Different version], Love Walked In, Moonlight on the Ganges, My Kinda Love, My One and Only, Nice Work If You Can Get It, Of Thee I Sing (Baby), Someone to Watch Over Me, Teardrops From My Eyes, They All Laughed, What's Your Story, Morning Glory, You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me, You Hit the Spot, You're an Old Smoothie
Stan Kenton drums Artistry Jumps, Artistry in Boogie, Collaboration, Concerto to End All Concertos, Eager Beaver, El congo valiente (Valiant Congo), Fuego cubano (Cuban Fire), Interlude, La quera baila (The Fair One Dances), La suerte de los tontos (Fortune of Fools), Lover, Minor Riff, Minor Riff (alternate take), Painted Rhythm, Quien sabe (Who Knows), Recuerdos (Reminiscences), Southern Scandal, The Peanut Vendor, Tres corazones (Three Hearts), Unison Riff
Buddy Bregman drums All I Need is a Boy, All Of You, Baubles, Bangles And Beads, Everything's Coming Up Roses, Gypsy Overture, I Love Paris, Imagination, In A Mellow Tone, It's All Right With Me, Just In Time, Let Me Entertain You, My Buddy, My Heart Stood Still, Roses (Reprise), Small World, Some People, Together Where You Go, Too Close For Comfort, You'll Never Get Away
Chet Baker drums E.S.P., Fairmont, Indiana, Hollywood, Jimmy's Theme, Let Me Be Loved, Let Me Be Loved (vocal version), Lost Love, Once Upon a Summertime (La Valse Des Lilas), Once Upon a Summertime (La Valse des lilas), People, Rebel at Work, Shifting Down, Success and Then West, The Movie Star, The Search, The Song Is You, Tidal Breeze
James Moody drums Au Privave, Bess, You Is My Woman Now, Blues Impromptu, Cherokee, Great Day, Let's Try, Love, Where Are You?, Malice Toward None, Never Again, One Never Knows, Opales'Que, Ruby, My Dear, Simplicity and Beauty, Smack-A-Mac, The Moon Was Yellow, The Search
Jimmy Witherspoon drums Big Fine Girl, C.C. Rider, Corrine, Corrina, Every Day I Have the Blues, Good Rockin' Tonight, How Long Blues, I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town, Kansas City, No Rollin' Blues, Roll 'em Pete, St. Louis Blues, T'Ain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do, Time's Gettin' Tougher Than Tough, Trouble in Mind, When I Been Drinkin'
Owann percussion All I Need Is You, Easy Living, I'll Never Smile Again, Paradise, So in Love, Take Me in Your Arms, That's What a Woman Is For, The More I See You, The Surrey With the Fringe on Top, Where Are You, You Go to My Head, You're So Bad for Me
Puntoycoma drums Come Sunday, Evil Man Blues, Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You, Get Out of My Life Woman, Hallelujah, I Love Her So, How Sweet It Is (to Be Loved by You), It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing), Keep Your Hand on Your Heart, Night Time Is the Right Time, Nobody Knows the Way I Feel This Morning, Smack Dab in the Middle, Woman's Got Soul
Dau Unge drums, percussion A Good Time Was Had by All, Central Park North, Come Sunday, Mach II, Meetin' Place, Mornin' Reverend, Only for Now, The Farewell, The Great One, The Summary, Toledo by Candlelight, a' That's Freedom
Issachar drums Acapulco at Night, Fantastic, That's You, Granny's Samba, Ira Schwartz's Golden Dream, Limehouse Blues, Marcheta, Mary Jane, Mexicali Rose, Soul Bird, South of the Border, Sweet Georgia Brown, Tijuana
Nelson Veras drums Blue Prelude, I've Got a Right to Sing the Blues, It Must Be Christmas, It's Bad for Me, Lazy, Loving You, Pass That Peace Pipe, Summer's Over, Supper Time, The Party's Over, What's the Rush
Charlie Mariano drums Blues, Darn That Dream, Floormat, I Feel Pretty, I Heard You Cried Last Night, Johnny One Note, King for a Day, Portrait of an Artist, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, The Song Is You, The Very Thought of You
Shirley Scott drums Can't Get Over the Bossa Nova, Downtown, Dreamsville, Feeling Good, Hanky Panky, Latin Shadows, Noche Azul, Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps (Quizas, Quizas, Quizas), Soul Sauce, This Love of Mine, Who Can I Turn To? (When Nobody Needs Me)
Pepper Adams drums 50-21, Alone Together, Baubles, Bangles and Beads, Blackout Blues, Freddie Froo, High Step, Minor Mishap, Muezzin, My One and Only Love, Unforgettable, Zec
Jay Skolnick drums Anyhow, Aplomb, Arrividerci, Brown Cow, Green Dolphin Street, I Had the Craziest Dream, I'm Also a Person, J.S., Julie Is Her Name, Sunset Eyes
Herbie Mann drums Give a Little Whistle, Herbie's Buddy, Here's Pete, Morning After, Nancy With The Laughing Face, Perdido, Pop Melody, Stardust, Strike Up the Band, Theme From "Theme From"
Cal Tjader drums A Waltz for Diane, Blues March, Canto de Ossanha, Django, Georgie Girl, Hip Vibrations, Moanin', Moanin´, Sweet Honeybee, Windy
Bob Cooper drums Confirmation, Day Dream, Easy Living, Frankie and Johnny, Jazz Theme & Four Variations: A Blue Period, Jazz Theme & Four Variations: Happy Changes, Jazz Theme & Four Variations: Night Stroll, Jazz Theme & Four Variations: Saturday Dance, Jazz Theme & Four Variations: Sunday Mood, Somebody Loves Me
Daoirí Farrell drums Fairmont, Indiana, Hollywood, Jimmy's Theme, Let Me Be Loved, Lost Love, People, Rebel at Work, Success And Then What, The Movie Star, The Search
Gugum Gumbira drums Be Anything (But Be Mine), Black Coffee, Bye, Bye Blackbird, Fine Brown Frame, I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town, Sonny Boy, Trouble in Mind, Yes Sir, That's My Baby, You Won't Let Me Go
Jimmy Rowles drums Heat Wave, Let It Snow, Some Other Spring, The Breeze and I, Throwin' Stones at the Sun, Too Hot for Words, When the Sun Comes Out, Winter Weather, With the Wind and the Rain in Your Hair
Bill Perkins drums As They Reveled, For Dancers Only, Just a Child, Let Me See, Let Me See (alternate take), One Hundred Years From Today, Song of the Islands, When You're Smiling, Zing Zang
Bill Holman drums After You've Gone, Aura, Far Down Below, Goodbye, Kissin' Bug, No Heat, The Man I Love, Theme & Variations #2, You Got to My Head
Thad Jones/Pepper Adams Quintet drums Bossa Nova Ova, Chant, H and T Blues, Little Waltz, Mean What You Say, No Refill, Wives and Lovers, Yes Sir, That's My Baby
Michaela Merten drums Caravan, Days Gone By; Oh My!, Detour Ahead, Gloomy Sunday, Ho Hum, Some of My Best Friends, Where, Oh Where, Why Are You Blue
Moscow Conservatory Opera Soloists drums Groove Merchant, It Only Happens All the Time, Kids Are Pretty People, Little Pixie, Only for Now, Summary, The Great One, Tip-Toe
Sonny Stitt drums A Blues Offering, Birth of the Blues, Blue Devil Blues, Blue Prelude, Frankie and Johnny, Home Free Blues, Hymnal Blues, Morning After Blues
Jesús Conde drums Ballad for Trane, Chess Mates, Compensation, In the Jazz Community, La Louisiane, Nocturne, Tones, Shapes and Colors
Bob Brookmeyer drums He Ain't Got Rhythm, Jasmin, Sticks and Stems, The Bulldog Blues, There Will Never Be Another You, What Is There to Say, You Took Advantage of Me
Shorty Rogers drums Blue Reeds (Reed Flute Blues), China Where? (Tea dance), Flowers for the Cats (Waltz of the Flowers), Like Nutty Overture (Finale), Pass the Duke (Pas De Deux), Six Pak (Trépak), Snowball (Waltz of the Snowflakes)
Hyuji drums All of You, Blues for Thad, Moments of Joy, Rings, The Open Door, Twilight of My Dreams, Yesterday's Gardenias
Julecamp'en drums Heat Wave, I Found a New Baby, Impossible, It's All Right With Me, Lassus Trombone, Old Devil Moon, Polka Dots and Moonbeams
Ordrhein drums Bouncing With Bud, Civilization and Its Discontents, Ephemera, Hellure, Jitterbug Waltz, Patrice, Quiet Lady
After Hours drums Blues for Terra, Earth Day, Emily, I'll Be Around, Prevail and Prosper, The Third Stone, What Might Have Been
Gary McFarland drums Amour Tormentoso, Hello to the Season, I Love to Say Her Name, Love Theme From David and Lisa, Pecos Pete, Sandpiper, Schlock-House Blues
Chris Margolin & The Dregs drums Blue Hodge, Body and Soul, Brazilian Medley: Recado Bossa Nova / The Girl From Ipanema / One Note Samba, Doodle Oodle, Emily, Jean, Mama Flosie
Kailyn Knzley drums Let's Dance, Midnight in Moscow, Mission to Moscow, Red, White and Blue Eyes, Russian Lullaby, The Sochi Boatman
Al Cohn drums Dark Eyes (aka Red, White and Blue Eyes), Let's Dance, Midnight in Moscow, Mission to Moscow, Russian Lullaby, The Song of the Volga Boatman (aka The Sochi Boatman)
Johny Voners drums Hot and Cold Blues, I Got Rhythm, Languid Blues, On the Sunny Side of the Street, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, Stoppin’ at the Savoy
曾津平 drums All of Me, Just Friends, Limehouse Blues, Solid de Sylva, Sweet And Lovely
Gerry Mulligan drums 18 Carrots for Rabbit, Back Beat, Shady Side, What It All About?, What's the Rush
Stanley Turrentine drums Always Something There, Hey Jude, Home Town, Little Green Apples, When I Look Into Your Eyes
Annie Ross drums Everything I've Got, I Didn't Know About You, I Don't Want to Cry Anymore, I Was Doin' Allright, You Took Advantage of Me
Eric Dolphy drums Oleo, On Green Dolphin Street, Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise, The Way You Look Tonight
Paul Desmond drums Out of Nowhere, Stardust, Two of a Mind
Dizzy Gillespie drums On the Trail, Sweet Georgia Brown, Tour de Force
Annabelle Hill drums Montrose, The Mouse Hop
Cathy Jewson drums Frim Fram Sauce
Stan Kenton and His Orchestra drums Intermission Riff
Filthmilk drums Why Shouldn't I?
The Jack Flash drums Bunny