Jazz Casual - Thad Jones / Mel Lewis Orchestra and Woody Herman and his Swinging Herd

Infobox Album | Name = Ralph Gleason's Jazz Casual (Jones/Lewis & Herman)
Type = album
Artist = Thad Jones / Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra, Woody Herman and his Swinging Herd


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Recorded = 1963 (Herman) and 1968 April 22 (Jones / Lewis), KQED TV, San Francisco
Genre = Jazz
Length = 58:01
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Producer = Ralph Gleason
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Misc = Extra chronology 2
Artist = Thad Jones / Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra
Type = album
Background =
Last album = "Live at the Village Vanguard" (1967)
This album = "Ralph Gleason's Jazz Casual..." (1968)
Next album = "The Big Band Sound... Featuring Miss Ruth Brown" (1968)

Infobox music DVD
Name = Ralph Gleason's Jazz Casual (Jones/Lewis & Herman)
Type = Video
Artist = Thad Jones / Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra, Woody Herman and his Swinging Herd


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Recorded = 1963 (Herman) and 1968 April 22 (Jones / Lewis), KQED TV, San Francisco
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Genre = Jazz
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Length = 58:01
Label = Idem
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Producer = Ralph Gleason
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"Jazz Casual" is the title of a series of television broadcasts made by KQED TV in San Francisco of jazz performances by a variety of artists. The recording of a Woody Herman and his Swinging Herd appearance from 1963 and a Thad Jones / Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra appearance from 1968 were combined and released as a single DVD video and also as an audio CD. The same material has also been released in different packages (e.g. a DVD of the Jones/Lewis Orchestra tracks combined with the 1961 appearance of the Dave Brubeck Quartet and the 1962 Modern Jazz Quartet appearance and another DVD including all 3 Woody Herman appearances from 1963 and 1964 which were both also part of an 8 DVD complete set of all 28 "Jazz Casual" TV episodes.)

Track listing

# "Just Blues" – 4:41
# "Thad Jones, Introductions" – 0:36
# "St.Louis Blues" – 12:18
# "Interview With Thad, Mel, Section Leader" – 4:07
# "Kids Are Pretty People" – 5:39
# "Don't Get Sassy" – 1:05
# "Molasses" – 6:30
# "Interview" – 4:43
# "El Toro Grande" – 4:52
# "Woody Speaks" – 0:21
# "Lonesome Old Town" – 3:42
# "Woody Speaks" – 0:22
# "That's Where It Is" – 4:06
# "Cousins" – 4:18

Tracks 1-6: Thad Jones / Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra
Tracks 7-14: Woody Herman and his Swinging Herd

Personnel

Thad Jones / Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra:
* Thad Jones – flugelhorn
* Jerome Richardson – alto saxophone
* Jerry Dodgion – alto saxophone
* Eddie Daniels – tenor saxophone
* Seldon Powell – tenor saxophone
* Pepper Adams – baritone saxophone
* Snooky Young – trumpet
* Richard Williams – trumpet
* Randy Brecker – trumpet
* Danny Moore – trumpet
* Bob Brookmeyer – trombone
* Garnett Brown – trombone
* Jimmy Knepper – trombone
* Benny Powell – trombone
* Roland Hanna – piano
* Richard Davis – bass
* Mel Lewis – drumsWoody Herman and his Swinging Herd:
* Woody Herman – clarinet, saxophone
* Bill Chase – trumpet
* Billy Hunt – trumpet
* Dave Dale – trumpet
* Phil Wilson – trombone
* Henry Southall – trombone
* Kenny Wenzel – trombone
* Sal Nistico – tenor sax
* Carmen Leggio – tenor sax
* Jackie Stevens – tenor sax
* Frank Hittner – baritone sax
* Nat Pierce – piano
* Chuck Andrus – bass
* Jake Hanna – drums

References

* [http://www.jazzcasual.com/ Jazz Casual.com]
*IDEM-1045, " [http://www.ejazzlines.com/Woody-Herman-JAZZ-CASUAL-THE-COMPLETE-WOODY-HERMAN-p20890.html Jazz Casual: The Complete Woody Herman] "
*IDEM 1048, " [http://www.ejazzlines.com/c141/Modern-Jazz-Quartet-Dave-Brubeck-Thad-Jones-Mel-Lewis-Orchestra-JAZZ-CASUAL-MODERN-JAZZ-QUARTET-DAVE-BRUBECK-THAD-JONES-MEL-LEWIS-ORCHESTRA-p20882.html Jazz Casual: Modern Jazz Quartet / Dave Brubeck / Thad Jones - Mel Lewis Orchestra] "

Thad Jones / Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra discography