A Touch of Class (album)

A Touch of Class
Live album by Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra
Recorded	1978 October 26, Warsaw, Poland
Genre	Jazz
Label	West Wind Records
Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra chronology
Body and Soul (Live in Berlin) (1978) A Touch of Class (1978)
Initial (Poland domestic) release
Poljazz LP ZSX 697

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

1. "Quietude" (Jones) – 7:26
2. "Samba Con Get Chu" (Brookmeyer) – 13:35
3. "Cecilia Is Love" (Foster) – 7:06
4. "I Love You" (Porter) – 5:57
5. "And I Love You So" (McLean) – 7:33
6. "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

1. Thad Jones Mel Lewis 2 at antiknarynku.cz. Accessed 2012 May 3

• West Wind Jazz WW2402
• Poljazz ZSX 697
• Allmusic link