A very stable musician, Mel Lewis is recognized as one of the best Ja77 drummers in the world. He is also a renowned arranger and the founder of one of the major Jazz orchestras of all aine. Moreover, Mel Lewis and bis Orchestra have been perforrning every Monday at the "Village Vanguard" in New York for the part 20 years! Mel Lewis and his "Big Band" offer us a repertory comprising exquisitely executed Jazz classics enhanced by marvelous arrangements.
Mel Lewis (drums)
Dennis Irving (bass)
Kenny Werner (pia)
Dick Ohets, Ted Nash (saxophone)
Joe Lovano, Ralph Lalania (saxophone)
Gary Smulyan (saxophone)
Earl Gardner, Joe Mosello, Glenn Drews, Jim Powell (trumpet)
John Mosa, Ed Newmeister, Douglas Purviance, Earl Mclntyre (trombone) Stephanie Fauber (french horn)
Renee Manning (vocal)