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1996 live album by Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra

Basle, 1969

Live album by Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra

Released

1996

Recorded

1969 September, Basle, Switzerland

Genre

Jazz

Length

67:46

Label

TCB Music

Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra chronology

Central Park North
(1969)

Basle, 1969
(1996)

Consummation
(1970)

Alternative cover

LRC release

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic (link)
Jack Bowers (allaboutjazz.com)	Favorable
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings

Basle, 1969 (also released as Live on Tour Switzerland) is a big band jazz album recorded by the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra in Basle (Basel), Switzerland for a Swiss radio broadcast. It was not released until 1996 – as Volume 4 of TCB Music's "Swiss Radio Days" series.

Track listing

"Second Race" – 10:53
"Don't Ever Leave Me" – 4:29
"The Waltz You Swang For Me" – 9:23
"A- That's Freedom" (Hank Jones) – 11:09
"Come Sunday" (Duke Ellington) – 4:55
"Don't Get Sassy" – 11:48
"Bible Story" (Roland Hanna) – 6:47
"Groove Merchant" (Jerome Richardson) – 8:22

All songs arranged by Thad Jones. All songs composed by Jones except as noted.

Personnel

Thad Jones – flugelhorn
Mel Lewis – drums
Roland Hanna – piano
Richard Davis – bass
Jerome Richardson – alto saxophone, soprano saxophone
Jerry Dodgion – alto saxophone
Joe Henderson – tenor saxophone
Eddie Daniels – tenor saxophone
Pepper Adams – baritone saxophone
Snooky Young – trumpet
Richard Williams – trumpet
Danny Moore – trumpet
Al Porcino – trumpet
Jimmy Knepper – trombone
Ashley Fannell – trombone
Eddie Bert – trombone
Cliff Heather – trombone

References

Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 799. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

External links

TCB Music 2042
Allmusic
Bowers, Jack. Review at allaboutjazz.com Accessed 2008 April 26.

v t e The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra
Thad Jones Mel Lewis
Albums	Presenting Thad Jones/Mel Lewis and the Jazz Orchestra Presenting Joe Williams and Thad Jones/Mel Lewis, the Jazz Orchestra Live at the Village Vanguard Jazz Casual The Big Band Sound of Thad Jones/Mel Lewis featuring Miss Ruth Brown Monday Night Central Park North Basle, 1969 Consummation Live in Tokyo Potpourri Thad Jones/Mel Lewis and Manuel De Sica Suite for Pops New Life Thad Jones & Mel Lewis Orchestra with Rhoda Scott/Rhoda Scott in New York... Live in Munich It Only Happens Every Time,...with Monica Zetterlund Body and Soul (Live in Berlin) A Touch of Class Village Vanguard Live Sessions 3
Compilations	The Blue Note Reissue Series: Thad Jones/Mel Lewis The Complete Solid State Recordings of the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra (Mosaic) In Europe The Complete Poland Concerts 1976 & 1978
Jones / Lewis as guest bandleaders	Greetings and Salutations (with the Swedish Radio Jazz Group) Thad Jones, Mel Lewis and UMO (with the UMO Jazz Orchestra)
Video recordings	Jazz Casual – Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra and Woody Herman and His Swinging Herd

v t e Pepper Adams
Albums as leader	Baritones and French Horns/Dakar (1957) Critics' Choice (1957) Pepper Adams Quintet (1957) The Cool Sound of Pepper Adams (1957) The Pepper-Knepper Quintet (1958) Pepper Adams Plays the Compositions of Charlie Mingus (1963) Mean What You Say (1966) Encounter! (1968) Ephemera (1973) Julian (1975) Twelfth & Pingree (1975) Baritone Madness (1977) Reflectory (1978) Be-Bop? The Master (1980) Urban Dreams (1981) California Cookin' (1983) Conjuration: Fat Tuesday's Session (1983) Generations (1985) The Adams Effect (1985)
With Donald Byrd	10 to 4 at the 5 Spot (1958) Off to the Races (1959) Byrd in Hand (1959) At the Half Note Cafe (1960) Motor City Scene (1960) Out of This World (1961) Chant (1961) The Cat Walk (1961) Royal Flush (1961) The Creeper (1967)

Pepper Adams

Albums as leader

Baritones and French Horns/Dakar (1957)
Critics' Choice (1957)
Pepper Adams Quintet (1957)
The Cool Sound of Pepper Adams (1957)
The Pepper-Knepper Quintet (1958)
Pepper Adams Plays the Compositions of Charlie Mingus (1963)
Mean What You Say (1966)
Encounter! (1968)
Ephemera (1973)
Julian (1975)
Twelfth & Pingree (1975)
Baritone Madness (1977)
Reflectory (1978)
Be-Bop?
The Master (1980)
Urban Dreams (1981)
California Cookin' (1983)
Conjuration: Fat Tuesday's Session (1983)
Generations (1985)
The Adams Effect (1985)

With Donald Byrd

10 to 4 at the 5 Spot (1958)
Off to the Races (1959)
Byrd in Hand (1959)
At the Half Note Cafe (1960)
Motor City Scene (1960)
Out of This World (1961)
Chant (1961)
The Cat Walk (1961)
Royal Flush (1961)
The Creeper (1967)

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