Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra - Complete Solid State Recordings [5CD) (1994)
Artist: Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra
Title: Complete Solid State Recordings 1966-70
Year Of Release: 1994
Label: Mosaic Records
Genre: Jazz
Quality: Flac (tracks+.cue) scans
Total Time: 04:25:40
Total Size: 1,5 Gb
WebSite: Album Preview
Title: Complete Solid State Recordings 1966-70
Year Of Release: 1994
Label: Mosaic Records
Genre: Jazz
Quality: Flac (tracks+.cue) scans
Total Time: 04:25:40
Total Size: 1,5 Gb
WebSite: Album Preview
The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis big band was one of the finest jazz orchestras of the late '60s, but its Solid State LPs had been long out of print for decades before Mosaic wisely reissued all of the music (plus seven previously unissued performances) on this deluxe but limited-edition five-CD set. With Jones' colorful and distinctive arrangements, soloists such as trumpeters Danny Stiles, Marvin Stamm, and Richard Williams; trombonists Bob Brookmeyer and Jimmy Knepper; the reeds of Jerome Richardson, Jerry Dodgion, Joe Farrell, Billy Harper, Eddie Daniels, and Pepper Adams; and pianists Hank Jones and Roland Hanna; plus a rhythm section driven by bassist Richard Davis and drummer Mel Lewis, this was a classic band. Highlights among the 42 performances include "Mean What You Say," "Don't Git Sassy," "Tiptoe," "Fingers," "Central Park North," and the original version of "A Child Is Born," but nearly every selection is memorable.
Tracklist
DISC 1:
1 - ABC Blues
2 - Kids Are Pretty People
3 - Don't Ever Leave Me
4 - Once Again
5 - Three And One
6 - Balanced Scales = Justice
7 - Willow Weep For Me
8 - Mean What You Say
9 - Sophisticated Lady
10 - Willow Tree
11 - Hawaii
DISC 2:
1 - The Little Pixie
2 - A-That's Freedom
3 - The Second Race
4 - Willow Tree
5 - Quietude
6 - Bachafillen
7 - Lover Man
8 - Mornin' Reverend
DISC 3:
1 - Samba Con Getchu
2 - Willow Tree
3 - Don't Git Sassy
4 - Say It Softly
5 - Mornin' Reverend
6 - Kids Are Pretty People
7 - The Second Race
DISC 4:
1 - St. Louis Blues
2 - The Waltz You Swang For Me
3 - Central Park North
4 - Jive Samba
5 - Quietude
6 - Big Dipper
7 - Tow Away Zone
8 - The Groove Merchant
DISC 5:
1 - Consummation
2 - Dedication
3 - Tiptoe
4 - It Only Happens Every TIme
5 - Fingers
6 - Us
7 - A Child is Born
8 - Ahunk Ahunk