Live in Munich (The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra album)

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Live in Munich
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Live album by Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra
Released 1976
Recorded 1976 September, Munich, Germany
Genre Jazz
Length 44:18
Label A&M/Horizon
Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra chronology
Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra With Rhoda Scott
(1976)Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra With Rhoda Scott1976
Live in Munich
(1976)
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(1977)It Only Happens Every Time1977
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3/5 stars[1]

Live in Munich is a live 1976 big band jazz album recorded by the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra in Munich, Germany, and released on the A&M/Horizon Records label. The album won the 1978 Grammy award for Best Jazz Instrumental Performance - Big Band.[2]

Track listing

LP side A:

  1. "Mach II" (Scott) – 8:21
  2. "A- That's Freedom" (H. Jones) – 8:57
  3. "Mornin' Reverend" (T. Jones) – 5:35

LP side B:

  1. "Come Sunday" (Ellington) – 5:10
  2. "Central Park North" (T. Jones) – 16:15

Personnel

  • Jerry Dodgion – saxophone, flute
  • Ed Xiques – saxophone, flute
  • Greg Herbert – saxophone, flute, clarinet
  • Larry Schneider – saxophone, flute, clarinet
  • Pepper Adams – saxophone
  • Al Porcino – trumpet
  • Frank Gordon – trumpet
  • Earl Gardner – trumpet
  • Lynn Nicholson – trumpet
  • Earl McIntyre – trombone
  • John Mosca – trombone
  • Clifford Adams – trombone
  • Billy Campbell – trombone

References and external links

  1. Allmusic review
  2. LA Times, "The Envelope" awards database. 1978 Grammy Awards link. Accessed 2008 April 19.