Mingo Lewis

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James Mingo Lewis
Birth nameJames Mingo Lewis
Born (1953-12-08) December 8, 1953 (age 71)
New York City, U.S.
Genres Jazz, Rock, Fusion, Electronic, Salsa
Occupation(s) Musician, songwriter
Instrument(s) Drums, Congas, percussion, keyboards Synthesizer
Labels Columbia

James "Mingo" Lewis (born 8 December 1953) is an American percussionist and drummer who played with Santana, Al Di Meola (he was a band member for Di Meola's first five albums), Return to Forever, and The Tubes.

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Playing

Lewis plays congas, bongos, timbales, vibraslap, drums, bells, güiro, gong, Syndrum, bata, tambourine, cowbell and assorted percussion. [1]

Writing

Lewis is credited with composition of one song on four of the first five Di Meola albums: "The Wizard" on Land of the Midnight Sun, "Flight Over Rio" on Elegant Gypsy, and "Chasin' The Voodoo" on Casino (retitled from his composition Frankinsence on his 1976 album Flight Never Ending). For The Tubes album Now Lewis wrote "God-Bird-Change", which he reprised on Di Meola's Electric Rendezvous

Selected discography

As Band Leader

As session player

With Al Di Meola

With The Tubes

References

  1. "Mingo Lewis". AllMusic. Retrieved 16 November 2018.