A_Touch_of_Class_(album)

<i>A Touch of Class</i> (album)

A Touch of Class (album)

1978 live album by Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra


A Touch of Class is a big band jazz album recorded by the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra in Warsaw, Poland in November 1978. The first three tracks, together with a 14-minute version of "Fingers," were previously released in Poland on a Poljazz LP[1] and all tracks were also included on the 2007 compilation album, Thad Jones Mel Lewis Orchestra In Europe and on the 2009 compilation CD, The Complete Poland Concerts 1976 & 1978.

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Track listing

  1. "Quietude" (Thad Jones) – 7:26
  2. "Samba Con Get Chu" (Bob Brookmeyer) – 13:35
  3. "Cecilia Is Love" (Frank Foster) – 7:06
  4. "I Love You" (Cole Porter) – 5:57
  5. "And I Love You So" (Don McLean) – 7:33
  6. "That's Freedom" (Jones) – 9:14

Personnel

  • Thad Jones – flugelhorn
  • Mel Lewis – drums
  • Jim McNeely – piano
  • Jesper Lundgaard – bass
  • Dick Oatts – alto saxophone
  • Steve Coleman – alto saxophone
  • Rich Perry – tenor saxophone
  • Robert Rockwell – tenor saxophone
  • Charles Davis – baritone saxophone
  • Ron Tooley – trumpet
  • Simo Salminen – trumpet
  • Irvin Stokes – trumpet
  • Larry Moss – trumpet
  • Doug Purviance – trombone
  • Lolly Bienenfeld – trombone
  • Lu Robertson – trombone
  • John Mosca – trombone


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