Live in Munich (The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra album)

Live in Munich
Live album by Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra
Recorded	1976 September, Munich, Germany
Genre	Jazz
Length	44:18
Label	A&M/Horizon
Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra chronology
Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra With Rhoda Scott (1976) Live in Munich (1976) It Only Happens Every Time (1977)

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Allmusic	[1]

Live in Munich is a live 1976 big band jazz album recorded by the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra in Munich, Germany, and released on the A&M/Horizon Records label. The album won the 1978 Grammy award for Best Jazz Instrumental Performance - Big Band.^[2]

Track listing

LP side A:

1. "Mach II" (Scott) – 8:21
2. "A- That's Freedom" (H. Jones) – 8:57
3. "Mornin' Reverend" (T. Jones) – 5:35

LP side B:

1. "Come Sunday" (Ellington) – 5:10
2. "Central Park North" (T. Jones) – 16:15

Personnel

• Thad Jones – flugelhorn
• Mel Lewis – drums
• Harold Danko – piano
• Bob Bowman – bass

• Jerry Dodgion – saxophone, flute
• Ed Xiques – saxophone, flute
• Greg Herbert – saxophone, flute, clarinet
• Larry Schneider – saxophone, flute, clarinet
• Pepper Adams – saxophone

• Al Porcino – trumpet
• Frank Gordon – trumpet
• Earl Gardner – trumpet
• Lynn Nicholson – trumpet

• Earl McIntyre – trombone
• John Mosca – trombone
• Clifford Adams – trombone
• Billy Campbell – trombone

References and external links

1. Allmusic review
2. LA Times, "The Envelope" awards database. 1978 Grammy Awards link. Accessed 2008 April 19.

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• Live in Munich at:
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