| Birth Day | May 10, 1929 |
| Birth Place | New York |
| Mel Lewis age | 91 YEARS OLD |
| Died On | Feb 2, 1990 (age 60) |
| Birth Sign | Taurus |
Drummer who has received fourteen Grammy Award nominations and was a professor at william Patterson University.
He grew up in New York, raised by Russian immigrants. He started playing music as a teenager, joining Stan Kenton in 1954.
He wrote a book on the art of drumming.
He died of melanoma.
He was influenced by Duke Ellington.
