Basle, 1969 (also released as Live on Tour Switzerland) is a big band jazz album recorded by the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra in Basle (Basel), Switzerland for a Swiss radio broadcast. It was not released until 1996 – as Volume 4 of TCB Music's "Swiss Radio Days" series.

Basle, 1969
Live album by
Released1996
Recorded1969 September, Basle, Switzerland
GenreJazz
Length67:46
LabelTCB Music
Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra chronology
Central Park North
(1969)
Basle, 1969
(1996)
Consummation
(1970)
Alternative cover
LRC release
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic (link)
Jack Bowers (allaboutjazz.com)Favorable
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[1]

Track listing

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  1. "Second Race" – 10:53
  2. "Don't Ever Leave Me" – 4:29
  3. "The Waltz You Swang For Me" – 9:23
  4. "A- That's Freedom" (Hank Jones) – 11:09
  5. "Come Sunday" (Duke Ellington) – 4:55
  6. "Don't Get Sassy" – 11:48
  7. "Bible Story" (Roland Hanna) – 6:47
  8. "Groove Merchant" (Jerome Richardson) – 8:22

All songs arranged by Thad Jones. All songs composed by Jones except as noted.

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 799. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
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