The Complete Poland Concerts 1976 & 1978

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.

The Complete Poland Concerts...
Live album by Thad Jones / Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra
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

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

Disc 1:

1. "Fingers" (T. Jones) – 14:05
2. "Thank You" (J. Dodgion) – 6:55
3. "Take a Ladder" (R. Scott) – 8:50
4. "Greetings and Salutations" (T. Jones) – 13:50
5. "A Child Is Born" – 9:45
6. "Intimacy of the Blues" (Strayhorn) – 16:25

Disc 2:

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

• 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

• The Complete (Live in) Poland Concerts 1976, 1978 (Gambit 69320) at allmusic.com

External links

• 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