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The Complete Poland Concerts 1976 & 1978

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The Complete Poland Concerts...
Live album by
Released2009
Recorded1976 August 6 (Sopot) and 1978 October 26 (Warsaw), Poland and 1978 October 2 (Berlin), Germany
GenreJazz
Length136:31
LabelGambit
1976 Concert LP
Polish LP Poljazz ZSX 637
1978 Concert LP
Polish LP Poljazz ZSX 697

The Complete Poland Concerts, 1976 and 1978 is a compilation of the complete live recordings made by the Thad Jones / Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra in Poland in August 1976 and October 1978. Two additional tracks from a 1978 Berlin concert round out the album.

Release history

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Most of the 1978 Poland concert tracks and the two Berlin tracks were previously released outside Poland on WestWind Jazz releases, A Touch of Class and Body and Soul respectively. The 1976 Sopot (Jazz Jantar) tracks had previously been available only on a domestic Polish release from PolJazz.

Track listing

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Disc 1:

  1. "Fingers" (T. Jones) – 14:05
  2. "Thank You" (J. Dodgion) – 6:55
  3. "Take a Ladder" (R. Scott) – 8:50
  4. "Greetings and Salutations" (T. Jones) – 13:50
  5. "A Child Is Born" – 9:45
  6. "Intimacy of the Blues" (Strayhorn) – 16:25

Disc 2:

  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
  7. "Fingers" – 14:14

Tracks 1.1 - 1.4 previously released on Poljazz LP ZSX 637
Tracks 1.5 and 1.6 previously released on Body and Soul, West Wind Jazz WW2048
Tracks 2.1 - 2.3 and 2.7 previously released on Poljazz LP ZSX 697
Tracks 2.1 - 2.6 previously released on A Touch of Class, West Wind Jazz WW2402

Personnel

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1976 Sopot: Disc 1 tracks 1-4

  • Harold Danko – piano
  • Dwight R. Bowman – bass
  • Edward I. Xiques – alto saxophone
  • Jerry D. Dodgion – alto saxophone
  • Arnold L. Schneider – tenor saxophone
  • Gregory D. Herbert – tenor saxophone
  • Pepper Adams – baritone saxophone
  • Al Porcino – trumpet
  • Earl Gardner – trumpet
  • Frank Gordon – trumpet
  • Lynn Nicholson – trumpet
  • William M. Campbell – trombone
  • Clifford A. Adams – trombone
  • Earl P. McIntyre – trombone

1978 Berlin: Disc 1 tracks 5–6; 1978 Warsaw: Disc 2

  • 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
  • Doug Purviance – trombone
  • Lolly Bienenfeld – trombone
  • Lu Robertson – trombone

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