The View from the Back of the Band Glenn E. Schweitzer Grounded in the comparative method

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A light heavyweight boxing champion best remembered for his sensational near-defeat of heavyweight champion Joe Louis in 1941

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and it was rare for him to take time from his busy schedule to rewrite any of his numerous lectures for publication

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The View from the Back of the Band Glenn E. Schweitzer Grounded in the comparative methodMel Lewis (1929 1990) was born Melvin Sokoloff to Jewish Russian immigrants in Buffalo, New York. He first picked up his father's drumsticks at the age of two and at seventeen he was a full time professional musician. The View from the Back of the Band is the first biography of this legendary jazz drummer. For over fifty years, Lewis provided the blueprint for how a drummer could subtly support any musical situation. While he made his name with Stan