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1978 live album by Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra
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" (
Thad Jones) – 7:26
- "Samba Con Get Chu" (
Bob Brookmeyer) – 13:35
- "Cecilia Is Love" (
Frank Foster) – 7:06
- "
I Love You" (
Cole Porter) – 5:57
- "
And I Love You So" (
Don McLean) – 7:33
- "That's Freedom" (Jones) – 9:14
Personnel
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Thad Jones – flugelhorn
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Mel Lewis – drums
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Jim McNeely – piano
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Jesper Lundgaard – bass
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Dick Oatts – alto saxophone
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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
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Doug Purviance – trombone
- Lolly Bienenfeld – trombone
- Lu Robertson – trombone
- John Mosca – trombone
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