| Suite for Pops | ||||
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| Studio album by Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra | ||||
| Released | 1975 | |||
| Recorded | January 1972 – July 1975 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Label | A&M Horizon | |||
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Suite for Pops is a 1975 big band jazz album recorded by the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra and released on the A&M Horizon label.
Track listing
LP side A:
- "Meetin' Place"
- "The Summary"
- "The Farewell"
- "Toledo By Candlelight"
LP side B:
- "The Great One"
- "Only For Now"
- "A Good Time Was Had By All"
Personnel
- Thad Jones – trumpet, flugelhorn, percussion
- Mel Lewis – drums
- Roland Hanna – piano
- Richard Davis – double bass
- George Mraz - double bass
- Steve Gilmore - double bass
- Jerry Dodgion – soprano & alto saxophone, flute
- Eddie Xiques – alto saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet, flute
- Billy Harper – tenor saxophone, flute
- Eddie Daniels – tenor saxophone, clarinet, flute
- Ron Bridgewater - tenor saxophone, clarinet, flute
- Frank Foster - tenor saxophone, clarinet
- Greg Herbert - tenor saxophone
- Lou Marini - tenor saxophone
- Pepper Adams – baritone saxophone, clarinet
- Jon Faddis – trumpet, percussion
- Stephen Furtado - trumpet
- Jim Bossy - trumpet
- Lew Soloff - trumpet
- Snooky Young – trumpet
- Marvin Stamm – trumpet
- Virgil Jones – trumpet
- Cecil Bridgewater – trumpet
- Jimmy Knepper – trombone
- Quentin Jackson – trombone
- Eddie Bert – trombone
- Janice Robinson - trombone
- Earl McIntyre - trombone
- Cliff Heather - bass trombone
- Jack Jeffers – bass trombone/tuba
- Dave Taylor - bass trombone
- Jim Buffington – French horn
- Peter Gordon - French horn
- Earl Chapin - French horn
- Julius Watkins - French horn
- Ray Alonge – French horn
- Leonard Gibbs - percussion
- Dee Dee Bridgewater – vocal
References and external links
- A&M Horizon SP-701
- Suite for Pops at:
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