Jazz Casual – Thad Jones / Mel Lewis Orchestra and Woody Herman and His Swinging Herd

Jazz Casual - The Thad Jones / Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra, Woody Herman and his Swinging Herd consists of a recording of a Woody Herman and his Swinging Herd appearance from 1963 and a Thad Jones / Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra appearance from 1968 that were combined and released as a single DVD video and also as an audio CD. Jazz Casual was a KQED-produced television show of studio performances by major jazz musicians. 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

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

Woody 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

• Jazz Casual.com
• IDEM-1045, Jazz Casual: The Complete Woody Herman
• IDEM 1048, Jazz Casual: Modern Jazz Quartet / Dave Brubeck / Thad Jones - Mel Lewis Orchestra