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Thad Jones & Mel Lewis Live On Tour Switzerland: 1969 180g LP (Vinyl)

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Thad Jones & Mel Lewis Live On Tour Switzerland: 1969 180g LP (Vinyl)
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Genre Jazz
Artist Thad Jones & Mel Lewis
180 Gram Vinyl Remastered from the Original Masters!

The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra was a jazz big band formed by trumpeter Thad Jones and drummer Mel Lewis around 1965. The band performed for twelve years in its original incarnation, and included a 1972 tour of the Soviet Union during the height of the Cold War. The band won a 1978 Grammy Award for the album Live in Munich. The collaboration ended in 1978 with Jones suddenly moving to Copenhagen, Denmark, after which the band became the Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra. Since the death of Lewis in 1990 it has been known as the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra. They have maintained a Monday-night residency at the Village Vanguard for four decades.

The band had its own unique style, and tradition along the lines of big band swing, bebop and hard bop. The sound was powerful, fast, intellectual and fun to listen to. Their pieces required a high degree of skill to play. Thad Jones, a trumpeter who toured (and wrote) for the Count Basie Orchestra during the 1950s, led the group, was its main arranger, and was occasionally featured, most often on flugelhorn. Mel Lewis, co-leader, produced a drum style with the band that was unique for big bands. The extent in which he was able to incorporate the loose, open approach of small group playing was a major innovation. His cymbal work added a texture and richness that is one of the hallmarks of the band. Many big band drummers after Lewis have been influenced by him.

Features:
• 180 Gram Vinyl
• Live Album
• Remastered from the Original Masters

Selections:
Side A:
1. Second Race
2. Don't Ever Leave Me
3. The Waltz You Swang for Me
Side B:
1. Don't Get Sassy
2. Come Sunday
3. Groove Merchant