The Complete Poland Concerts, 1976 and 1978 is a compilation of the complete live recordings made by the Thad Jones / Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra in Poland in August 1976 and October 1978. Two additional tracks from a 1978 Berlin concert round out the album.
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| Released | 2009 |
| Recorded | 1976 August 6 (Sopot) and 1978 October 26 (Warsaw), Poland and 1978 October 2 (Berlin), Germany |
| Genre | Jazz |
| Length | 136:31 |
| Label | Gambit |
| 1976 Concert LP | |
 Polish LP Poljazz ZSX 637 | |
| 1978 Concert LP | |
 Polish LP Poljazz ZSX 697 | |
Release history edit
Most of the 1978 Poland concert tracks and the two Berlin tracks were previously released outside Poland on WestWind Jazz releases, A Touch of Class and Body and Soul respectively. The 1976 Sopot (Jazz Jantar) tracks had previously been available only on a domestic Polish release from PolJazz.
Track listing edit
Disc 1:
- "Fingers" (T. Jones) – 14:05
- "Thank You" (J. Dodgion) – 6:55
- "Take a Ladder" (R. Scott) – 8:50
- "Greetings and Salutations" (T. Jones) – 13:50
- "A Child Is Born" – 9:45
- "Intimacy of the Blues" (Strayhorn) – 16:25
Disc 2:
- "Quietude" (Jones) – 7:26
- "Samba Con Get Chu" (Brookmeyer) – 13:35
- "Cecilia Is Love" (Foster) – 7:06
- "I Love You" (Porter) – 5:57
- "And I Love You So" (McLean) – 7:33
- "That's Freedom" (Jones) – 9:14
- "Fingers" – 14:14
Tracks 1.1 - 1.4 previously released on Poljazz LP ZSX 637
Tracks 1.5 and 1.6 previously released on Body and Soul, West Wind Jazz WW2048
Tracks 2.1 - 2.3 and 2.7 previously released on Poljazz LP ZSX 697
Tracks 2.1 - 2.6 previously released on A Touch of Class, West Wind Jazz WW2402
Personnel edit
- Thad Jones – flugelhorn
- Mel Lewis – drums
- John Mosca – trombone
1976 Sopot: Disc 1 tracks 1-4
- Harold Danko – piano
- Dwight R. Bowman – bass
- Edward I. Xiques – alto saxophone
- Jerry D. Dodgion – alto saxophone
- Arnold L. Schneider – tenor saxophone
- Gregory D. Herbert – tenor saxophone
- Pepper Adams – baritone saxophone
- Al Porcino – trumpet
- Earl Gardner – trumpet
- Frank Gordon – trumpet
- Lynn Nicholson – trumpet
- William M. Campbell – trombone
- Clifford A. Adams – trombone
- Earl P. McIntyre – trombone
1978 Berlin: Disc 1 tracks 5–6; 1978 Warsaw: Disc 2
- Jim McNeely – piano
- Jasper Lundgaard – bass
- Dick Oatts – alto saxophone
- Steve Coleman – alto saxophone
- Rick Perry – tenor saxophone
- Robert Rockwell – tenor saxophone
- Charles Davis – baritone saxophone
- Ron Tooley – trumpet
- Simo Salminin – trumpet
- Irvin Stokes – trumpet
- Larry Moss – trumpet
- Doug Purviance – trombone
- Lolly Bienenfeld – trombone
- Lu Robertson – trombone
References edit
- The Complete (Live in) Poland Concerts 1976, 1978 (Gambit 69320) at allmusic.com
External links edit
- Thad Jones & Mel Lewis - 1 (Poljazz ZSX 637) at discogs.com
- Thad Jones & Mel Lewis - 2 (Poljazz ZSX 697) at discogs.com
- A Touch of Class (West Wind Jazz WW 2402) at allmusic.com
- Body & Soul (West Wind Jazz WW 2407) at allmusic.com