The Thad Jones Mel Lewis Orchestra In Europe is a compilation of live recordings made by the Thad Jones / Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra in Poland and Germany in October 1978.
Release history All tracks were previously released on one of two WestWind Jazz releases, A Touch of Class and Body and Soul.
Track listing Disc 1: "Samba Con Get Chu" (Brookmeyer) – 13:05 "Quietude" – 7:36 "Cecilia Is Love" (Foster) – 6:28 "I Love You" (Porter) – 5:55 "And I Love You So" (McLean) – 7:31 "That's Freedom" (H. Jones) – 9:04 "The Second Race" – 10:31 "Willow Weep for Me" – 9:19
Disc 2: "Sixty First and Richard" – 12:00 "Body and Soul" – 7:32 "Don't Get Sassy" – 11:07 "Child Is Born" – 10:17 "Fingers" – 15:38 "Intimacy of the Blues" (Strayhorn) – 18:31 All songs composed by Thad Jones except as noted.
Personnel Thad Jones – flugelhorn Mel Lewis – drums Jim McNeely – piano Jasper Lundgaard – bass Dick Oatts – alto saxophone Steve Coleman – alto saxophone Rick Perry – tenor saxophone Robert Rockwell – tenor saxophone Charles Davis – baritone saxophone Ron Tooley – trumpet Simo Salminin – trumpet Irvin Stokes – trumpet Larry Moss – trumpet John Mosca – trombone Doug Purviance – trombone Lolly Bienenfeld – trombone Lu Robertson – trombone
References
...In Europe (ITM 920004) at allmusic.com
External links A Touch of Class (West Wind Jazz WW 2402) at allmusic.com Body & Soul (West Wind Jazz WW 2407) at allmusic.com