KDP | Artist | Mel Lewis

Label	Issue	Format	Artist	Title
Affinity	AFF99	LP	Charlie Mariano	Alto Sax for You Moderns
-	AFFD100	-	Mel Torme	Live at the Crescendo
Bethlehem	3013	single	Frances Faye	St. James infirmary / John Henry / John Henry / St. James infirmary
-	11002	-	-	Somebody loves me / Lonesome road / Lonesome road / Somebody loves me
-	11008	-	Mel Torme	Lulu's back in town / Keeping myself for you / Lulu's back in town / Keeping myself for you
-	11040	-	Charlie Mariano	Green walls / I should care / I should care / Green walls
-	11064	-	Carl Fontana & Mel Lewis	Nice work if you can get it / My heart belongs to Daddy / My heart belongs to Daddy / Nice work if you can get it
-	11069	-	Claude Williamson	Somebody loves me / Polka dots and moonbeams / Polka dots and moonbeams / Somebody loves me
-	BCP31	LP	Stu Williamson	Stu Williamson plays
-	BCP48	-	Max Bennett Septet	Johnny Jaguar
-	BCP49	-	Charlie Mariano	Plays Chloe
-	BCP50	-	Max Bennett	Max Bennett plays
-	BCP52	-	Mel Torme	Lulu's Back in Town
-	BCP55	-	Stu Williamson	Pee Jay
-	BCP69	-	Claude Williamson's Trio	'Round midnight
-	BCP88	-	Various Artists	Jazz Music for People who don't care about Money
-	BCP89	-	-	We've Built a Jazz Album for You
-	BCP92	-	-	No Sour Grapes, just Pure Jazz
-	BCP6017	-	Frances Faye	Frances Faye Sings Folk Songs
-	BCP6020	-	Mel Torme	Torme at the Crescendo
-	BCP6036	-	Various Artists	Trombone Band Stand
London	EZ-N19039	EP	Mel Torme
-	HL-N8305	single	-	Lulu's back in town / The lady is a tramp
-	HL-N8322	-	-	Lullaby of Birdland / I love to watch the moonlight
Parlophone	GEP8790	EP	-	For Swingers
Rep	LP207

Leader	Site	Date	Session	Role
Carl Fontana & Mel Lewis	Unknown Location	Unknown Date	[session]
Charlie Mariano Quartet	Los Angeles, CA	July 11, 1955	[session]	drums
Claude Williamson Trio	-	December, 1956	[session]	-
Frances Faye	-	1957	[session]	-
Max Bennett	New York, NY	December 14, 1955	[session]	-
Mel Torme	Los Angeles, CA	January 20, 1956	[session]	-
-	Crescendo Club, Los Angeles, CA	February 22, 1957	[session]	-
Stu Williamson	Los Angeles, CA	January 20, 1956	[session]	-
Stu Williamson Group	-	January 13, 1956	[session]	-

Song	Label	Master	Leader	Site	Date	Session
'Round midnight	Bethlehem	unknown	Claude Williamson Trio	Los Angeles, CA	December, 1956	[session]
A nightingale sang in Berkeley Square	-	-	Mel Torme	Crescendo Club, Los Angeles, CA	February 22, 1957	[session]
Autumn leaves	-	-	-	-	-	-
Blues	-	-	Max Bennett	New York, NY	December 14, 1955	[session]
Clementine	-	-	Frances Faye	Los Angeles, CA	1957	[session]
Darn that dream	-	-	Stu Williamson Group	-	January 13, 1956	[session]
Fascinating rhythm	-	-	Mel Torme	-	January 20, 1956	[session]
Frankie and Johnny	-	-	Frances Faye	-	1957	[session]
Give a little whistle	-	-	Charlie Mariano Quartet	-	July 11, 1955	[session]
Go 'way down from my window	-	-	Frances Faye	-	1957	[session]
Greensleeves	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hippy	-	-	Claude Williamson Trio	-	December, 1956	[session]
I hadn't anyone till you	-	-	Max Bennett	New York, NY	December 14, 1955	[session]
I like to recognize the tune	-	-	Mel Torme	Los Angeles, CA	January 20, 1956	[session]
I love to watch the moonlight	-	-	-	-	-	-
I should care	-	-	Charlie Mariano Quartet	-	July 11, 1955	[session]
I'll know	-	-	Claude Williamson Trio	-	December, 1956	[session]
I'm beginning to see the light	-	-	Mel Torme	Crescendo Club, Los Angeles, CA	February 22, 1957	[session]
Ira of the	-	-	Max Bennett	New York, NY	December 14, 1955	[session]
It's only a paper moon	-	-	Mel Torme	Crescendo Club, Los Angeles, CA	February 22, 1957	[session]
It's the talk of the town	-	-	Stu Williamson Group	Los Angeles, CA	January 13, 1956	[session]
It's you or no one	-	-	Charlie Mariano Quartet	-	July 11, 1955	[session]
John Henry	-	-	Frances Faye	-	1957	[session]
Johnny has gone for a soldier	-	-	-	-	-	-
Johnny Jaguar	-	-	Max Bennett	New York, NY	December 14, 1955	[session]
Just one of those things	-	-	Claude Williamson Trio	Los Angeles, CA	December, 1956	[session]
-	-	-	Mel Torme	Crescendo Club, Los Angeles, CA	February 22, 1957	[session]
Keeping myself for you	-	-	-	Los Angeles, CA	January 20, 1956	[session]
Lonesome road	-	-	Frances Faye	-	1957	[session]
Looking at you	-	-	Mel Torme	Crescendo Club, Los Angeles, CA	February 22, 1957	[session]
Love is just a bug	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lover come back to me	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lullaby of Birdland	-	-	-	Los Angeles, CA	January 20, 1956	[session]
Lulu's back in town	-	-	-	-	-	-
Manteca	-	-	Charlie Mariano Quartet	-	July 11, 1955	[session]
Max the factor	-	-	Max Bennett	New York, NY	December 14, 1955	[session]
Medley	-	-	Frances Faye	Los Angeles, CA	1957	[session]
-	-	-	-	-	-	-
My heart belongs to Daddy	-	B6514	Carl Fontana & Mel Lewis	Unknown Location	Unknown Date	[session]
Nice work if you can get it	-	B6515	-	-	-	-
-	-	unknown	Max Bennett	New York, NY	December 14, 1955	[session]
One for my baby	-	-	Mel Torme	Crescendo Club, Los Angeles, CA	February 22, 1957	[session]
Our love is here to stay	-	-	Claude Williamson Trio	Los Angeles, CA	December, 1956	[session]
Polka dots and moonbeams	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	-	-	Max Bennett	New York, NY	December 14, 1955	[session]
S'posin'	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sing for your supper	-	-	Mel Torme	Los Angeles, CA	January 20, 1956	[session]
Skip to my Lou	-	-	Frances Faye	-	1957	[session]
Somebody loves me	-	-	Claude Williamson Trio	-	December, 1956	[session]
Something to remember you by	-	-	Max Bennett	New York, NY	December 14, 1955	[session]
St. James infirmary	-	-	Frances Faye	Los Angeles, CA	1957	[session]
Stella by starlight	-	-	Claude Williamson Trio	-	December, 1956	[session]
Stompin' at the Savoy	-	-	-	-	-	-
Strike up the band	-	-	Max Bennett	New York, NY	December 14, 1955	[session]
Stu's dues blues	-	-	Stu Williamson	Los Angeles, CA	January 20, 1956	[session]
Surrey with the fringe on top	-	-	Claude Williamson Trio	-	December, 1956	[session]
Sweet Sue	-	-	Max Bennett	New York, NY	December 14, 1955	[session]
Taking a chance on love	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tea for two	-	-	Claude Williamson Trio	Los Angeles, CA	December, 1956	[session]
The blues	-	-	Mel Torme	-	January 20, 1956	[session]
The boy next door	-	-	-	Crescendo Club, Los Angeles, CA	February 22, 1957	[session]
The Carioca	-	-	-	Los Angeles, CA	January 20, 1956	[session]
The lady is a tramp	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	-	-	Stu Williamson	-	-	[session]
The song is you	-	-	Claude Williamson Trio	-	December, 1956	[session]
The tender trap	-	-	Mel Torme	Crescendo Club, Los Angeles, CA	February 22, 1957	[session]
The things we did last Summer	-	-	Stu Williamson	Los Angeles, CA	January 20, 1956	[session]
The three ravens	-	-	Frances Faye	-	1957	[session]
Thirteen toes	-	-	Max Bennett	New York, NY	December 14, 1955	[session]
What is this thing called love	-	-	Mel Torme	Crescendo Club, Los Angeles, CA	February 22, 1957	[session]
When April comes again	-	-	-	Los Angeles, CA	January 20, 1956	[session]
When the sun comes out	-	-	-	-	-	-
Yardbird's suite	-	-	Stu Williamson	-	-	[session]

Artist	Leader	Site	Date	Session
Al Pollan	Mel Torme	Los Angeles, CA	January 20, 1956	[session]
Bill Holman	Stu Williamson Group	-	January 13, 1956	[session]
Bob Cooper	Mel Torme	-	January 20, 1956	[session]
Bob Enevoldsen	-	-	-	-
Bud Shank	-	-	-	-
Carl Fontana	Max Bennett	New York, NY	December 14, 1955	[session]
Charlie Mariano	Stu Williamson	Los Angeles, CA	January 20, 1956	[session]
-	Stu Williamson Group	-	January 13, 1956	[session]
-	Max Bennett	New York, NY	December 14, 1955	[session]
-	Charlie Mariano Quartet	Los Angeles, CA	July 11, 1955	[session]
Claude Williamson	Stu Williamson	-	January 20, 1956	[session]
-	Stu Williamson Group	-	January 13, 1956	[session]
-	Claude Williamson Trio	-	December, 1956	[session]
Dave McKenna	Max Bennett	New York, NY	December 14, 1955	[session]
Don Fagerquist	Frances Faye	Los Angeles, CA	1957	[session]
-	Mel Torme	-	January 20, 1956	[session]
-	-	Crescendo Club, Los Angeles, CA	February 22, 1957	[session]
Frances Faye	Frances Faye	Los Angeles, CA	1957	[session]
Frank Rosolino	-	-	-	-
Herbie Harper	-	-	-	-
Howard Roberts	-	-	-	-
Jack Dulong	Mel Torme	-	January 20, 1956	[session]
Jack Montrose	-	-	-	-
Jack Nimitz	Max Bennett	New York, NY	December 14, 1955	[session]
Jimmy Giuffre	Stu Williamson Group	Los Angeles, CA	January 13, 1956	[session]
John Cave	Mel Torme	-	January 20, 1956	[session]
John Williams	Charlie Mariano Quartet	-	July 11, 1955	[session]
Larry Bunker	Mel Torme	Crescendo Club, Los Angeles, CA	February 22, 1957	[session]
Leroy Vinnegar	Stu Williamson	Los Angeles, CA	January 20, 1956	[session]
-	Stu Williamson Group	-	January 13, 1956	[session]
Marty Paich	Mel Torme	-	January 20, 1956	[session]
-	-	Crescendo Club, Los Angeles, CA	February 22, 1957	[session]
Max Bennett	Frances Faye	Los Angeles, CA	1957	[session]
-	Max Bennett	New York, NY	December 14, 1955	[session]
-	Charlie Mariano Quartet	Los Angeles, CA	July 11, 1955	[session]
-	Mel Torme	Crescendo Club, Los Angeles, CA	February 22, 1957	[session]
Maynard Ferguson	Frances Faye	Los Angeles, CA	1957	[session]
Mel Torme	Mel Torme	Crescendo Club, Los Angeles, CA	February 22, 1957	[session]
Milt Bernhart	Frances Faye	Los Angeles, CA	1957	[session]
Nick Travis	Max Bennett	New York, NY	December 14, 1955	[session]
Pete Candoli	Mel Torme	Los Angeles, CA	January 20, 1956	[session]
Red Mitchell	-	-	-	-
-	Claude Williamson Trio	-	December, 1956	[session]
Russ Garcia	Frances Faye	-	1957	[session]
Stu Williamson	Stu Williamson	-	January 20, 1956	[session]
-	Stu Williamson Group	-	January 13, 1956	[session]
Vince De Rosa	Mel Torme	-	January 20, 1956	[session]

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. Wikipedia

Mel Lewis

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