Central Park North is a 1969 big band jazz album recorded by the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra and released on the Solid State Records label. The album was nominated for a 1969 Grammy award in the "Best Instrumental Jazz Performance - Large Group..." category.[3] All tracks are also included on Mosaic's limited edition boxed set, The Complete Solid State Recordings of the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra.

Central Park North
Studio album by
Released1969
RecordedJune 17 and 18, 1969
StudioA&R Studios, New York City
GenreJazz
Length37:28
LabelSolid State
ProducerSonny Lester
Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra chronology
Monday Night
(1968)
Central Park North
(1969)
Basle, 1969
(1969)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[2]

Track listing

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All songs composed and arranged by Thad Jones except where indicated.

LP side A:

  1. "Tow Away Zone" – 4:25
  2. "Quietude" – 4:03
  3. "Jive Samba" (Nat Adderley) – 8:50

LP side B:

  1. "The Groove Merchant" (Jerome Richardson) – 5:04
  2. "Big Dipper" – 5:52
  3. "Central Park North" – 9:14

Personnel

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  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 799. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  3. ^ LA Times awards database, link. Accessed 2008 April 28.