A Touch of Class (album) explained

A Touch of Class
Type:live album
Artist:Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra
Cover:ATouchOfClass_ThadJonesMelLewis.jpg
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Released:1978
Recorded:1978 October 26, Warsaw, Poland
Genre:Jazz
Label:West Wind Records
Prev Title:Body and Soul (Live in Berlin)
Prev Year:1978

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" (Thad Jones) – 7:26
  2. "Samba Con Get Chu" (Bob Brookmeyer) – 13:35
  3. "Cecilia Is Love" (Frank Foster) – 7:06
  4. "I Love You" (Cole Porter) – 5:57
  5. "And I Love You So" (Don McLean) – 7:33
  6. "That's Freedom" (Jones) – 9:14

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.antiknarynku.cz/detail.php?itemid=13182 Thad Jones Mel Lewis 2 at antiknarynku.cz