A Touch of Class (The Thad Jones/ Mel Lewis Orchestra album)

A Touch of Class (The Thad Jones/ Mel Lewis Orchestra album)

Infobox Album | Name = A Touch of Class
Type = live album
Artist = Thad Jones / Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra


Released =
Recorded = 1978 November, Warsaw, Poland
Genre = Jazz
Length =
Label = West Wind Jazz
Producer =
Reviews =
Last album = "Body and Soul (Live in Berlin)" (1978)
This album = "A Touch of Class" (1978)
Next album =

"A Touch of Class" is a big band jazz album recorded by the Thad Jones / Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra in Warsaw, Poland in November of 1978.

Track listing

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

Personnel

* Thad Jones – flugelhorn
* Mel Lewis – drums
* 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
* John Mosca – trombone

References / External Links

* West Wind Jazz WW2402
* Allmusic [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:gvfpxqqgldse link]


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