A Touch of Class (album)
A Touch of Class is a big band jazz album recorded by the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra in Warsaw, Poland in November 1978. The first three tracks, together with a 14-minute version of "Fingers," were previously released in Poland on a Poljazz LP[1] and all tracks were also included on the 2007 compilation album, Thad Jones Mel Lewis Orchestra In Europe and on the 2009 compilation CD, The Complete Poland Concerts 1976 & 1978.
Track listing
- "Quietude" (Jones) – 7:26
- "Samba Con Get Chu" (Brookmeyer) – 13:35
- "Cecilia Is Love" (Foster) – 7:06
- "I Love You" (Porter) – 5:57
- "And I Love You So" (McLean) – 7:33
- "That's Freedom" (Jones) – 9:14
Personnel
- Thad Jones – flugelhorn
- Mel Lewis – drums
- Jim McNeely – piano
- Jasper Lundgaard – bass
- Dick Oatts – alto saxophone
- Steve Coleman – alto saxophone
- Rich Perry – tenor saxophone
- Robert Rockwell – tenor saxophone
- Charles Davis – baritone saxophone
- Ron Tooley – trumpet
- Simo Salminen – trumpet
- Irvin Stokes – trumpet
- Larry Moss – trumpet
- Doug Purviance – trombone
- Lolly Bienenfeld – trombone
- Lu Robertson – trombone
- John Mosca – trombone
References / External Links
- West Wind Jazz WW2402
- Poljazz ZSX 697
- Allmusic link
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