- Greetings and Salutations
Infobox Album | Name = Greetings and Salutations
Type = album
Artist =Thad Jones ,Mel Lewis and the Swedish Radio Orchestra
Released =
Recorded = 1975 June 27, 28Stockholm, Sweden
Genre =Jazz
Length = 40:33
Label = Four Leaf Clover (Sweden) / Town Crier
Producer =
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|2.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:3jfixqlhldte link]
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Misc = Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = alternate cover
Type = album
Lower caption = Town Crier cover Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = alternate cover
Type = album
Lower caption = Biograph Records cover"Greetings and Salutations" is a 1975
big band jazz album recorded by the Swedish Radio Jazz Group withThad Jones ,Mel Lewis andJon Faddis as guest bandleader / performers. The album was nominated for a 1978 Grammy award in the Best Jazz Instrumental Performance - Big Band category. [LA Times, "The Envelope" awards database. 1975 Grammy awards [http://theenvelope.latimes.com/factsheets/awardsdb/env-awards-db-landing,0,3713019.htmlstory link] . Accessed 2008 May 19.]Track listing
# "61st And Rich'it" – 8:15
# "The Waltz You Swang For Me" – 7:23
# "Forever Lasting" – 6:59
# "Love To One" – 4:19
# "Greetings And Salutations" – 13:37additional bonus tracks on reissues (from 1977 recording session): :6. "Mach 2" (Scott) – 4:52:7. "Rhoda's Map" – 5:04:8. "My Centennial" – 9:48Personnel
Original 1975 recording session (tracks 1~5):
*Thad Jones – cornet
*Jon Faddis – trumpet
* Americo Bellotto – trumpet
* Bertil Lövgren – trumpet
* Jan Allan – trumpet
* Torgny Nilsson – trombone
* Lars Olofsson – trombone
* Bengt Edwardsson – trombone
* Sven Larson – trombone
* Lennart Åberg – tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute
* Claes Rosendahl – alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, flute
* Erik Nilsson – baritone saxophone, bass clarinet, flute
* Wåge Finer – alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, flute
* Rune Falk – tenor saxophone, clarinet
* Håkan Nyquist – french horn
* Sven Åke Landström – french horn
* Kurt Puke – french horn
* Bengt Olsson – french horn
* Bo Juhlin – tuba
* Rune Gustafsson – guitar
* Bengt Hallberg – piano, electric piano
* Georg Riedel – bass
* Stefan Brolund – electric bass
* Egil Johansen – drums
*Mel Lewis – drums1977 recording session (bonus tracks 6~8):
*Thad Jones – cornet
*Mel Lewis – drums
* ...
*Al Porcino – trumpet
*Arne Domnérus – reeds
* Bernt Rosengren – reeds
* ...References / External Links
*Biograph BLP 12059
*Four Leaf (Sweden) FLC 5001
Thad Jones / Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra discography
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