Suite for Pops

Infobox Album | Name = Suite for Pops
Type = Album
Artist = Thad Jones / Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra


Released =
Recorded = 1972 January
Genre = Jazz
Length =
Label = A&M Horizon
Producer =
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|2|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:gxfpxqlgldte link]
Last album = "Village Vanguard Live Sessions 3" (1970)
This album = "Suite for Pops" (1972)
Next album = "Live in Tokyo" (1974)

"Suite for Pops" is a 1972 big band jazz album recorded by the Thad Jones / Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra and released on the A&M Horizon label.

Track listing

# "Meetin' Place"
# "The Summary"
# "The Farewell"
# "Toledo By Candlelight"
# "The Great One"
# "Only For Now"
# "A Good Time Was Had By All"

Personnel

* Thad Jones – trumpet, flugelhorn, percussion
* Mel Lewis – drums
* Roland Hanna – piano
* Richard Davis – bass
* Jerry Dodgion – saxophone, flute
* Billy Harper – saxophone
* Eddie Daniels – saxophone, clarinet, flute
* Eddie Xiques – saxophone, clarinet
* Pepper Adams – saxophone, clarinet
* Jon Faddis – trumpet, percussion
* Snooky Young – trumpet
* Marvin Stamm – trumpet
* Virgil Jones – trumpet
* Cecil Bridgewater – trumpet
* Jimmy Knepper – trombone
* Quentin Jackson – trombone
* Eddie Bert – trombone
* Jack Jeffers – trombone
* Jim Buffington – french horn
* Ray Alonge – french horn
* Dee Dee Bridgewater – vocal

References / External Links

* [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:gxfpxqlgldte All Music Guide]
* A&M Horizon SP-701