Potpourri (Jones / Lewis album)

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Potpourri
Studio album by Thad Jones / Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra
Recorded	1974 June, Sigma Sound Studios, Philadelphia, PA
Genre	Jazz
Length	44:08
Label	Philadelphia International
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Thad Jones / Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra chronology
Live in Tokyo (1974) Potpourri (1974) Thad Jones / Mel Lewis and Manuel De Sica (1974)

Potpourri is a 1974 big band jazz album recorded by the Thad Jones / Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra and released on the Philadelphia International Records label. The album was nominated for a 1975 Grammy award in the category, "Best Jazz Performance - Big Band" and Thad Jones' arrangement of "Living for the City" was also nominated in the Best Instrumental Arrangement category that same year.^[1]

[edit] Track listing

1. "Blues In A Minute" – 8:24
2. "All My Yesterdays" – 4:31
3. "Quiet Lady" – 7:31
4. "Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing" (Wonder) – 3:58
5. "For the Love of Money" (Gamble, Huff, Jackson) – 4:12
6. "Yours and Mine" – 3:46
7. "Ambiance" (McPartland, Arr: Dodgion) – 7:22
8. "Living for the City" (Wonder) – 4:24

All songs composed and arranged by Thad Jones except as indicated.

[edit] Personnel

• Thad Jones – flugelhorn
• Mel Lewis – drums
• Roland Hanna – piano
• George Mraz – bass
• Jerry Dodgion – alto saxophone, flute
• Eddie Xiques – alto saxophone, flute, clarinet
• Billy Harper – tenor saxophone, clarinet
• Ron Bridgewater – tenor saxophone, clarinet
• Pepper Adams – baritone saxophone
• Jon Faddis – trumpet
• Jim Bossy – trumpet
• Steve Furtado – trumpet
• Cecil Bridgewater – trumpet
• Jimmy Knepper – trombone
• Quentin Jackson – trombone
• Billy Campbell – trombone
• Cliff Heather – trombone
• Buddy Lucas – harmonica, jaw harp

[edit] References / External Links

• Philadelphia International Records KZ 33152
• All Music Guide
• discogs.com, Accessed 2008 May 1

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