Basle, 1969 Explained

Basle, 1969
Type:	live album
Artist:	Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra
Cover:	Basle1969_ThadJonesMelLewis.jpg
Released:	1996
Recorded:	1969 September, Basle, Switzerland
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	67:46
Label:	TCB Music
Prev Title:	Central Park North
Prev Year:	1969
Next Title:	Consummation
Next Year:	1970

Basle, 1969 (also released as Live on Tour Switzerland) is a big band jazz album recorded by the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra in Basle (Basel), Switzerland for a Swiss radio broadcast. It was not released until 1996 – as Volume 4 of TCB Music's "Swiss Radio Days" series.

Track listing

1. "Second Race" – 10:53
2. "Don't Ever Leave Me" – 4:29
3. "The Waltz You Swang For Me" – 9:23
4. "A- That's Freedom" (Hank Jones) – 11:09
5. "Come Sunday" (Duke Ellington) – 4:55
6. "Don't Get Sassy" – 11:48
7. "Bible Story" (Roland Hanna) – 6:47
8. "Groove Merchant" (Jerome Richardson) – 8:22

All songs arranged by Thad Jones. All songs composed by Jones except as noted.

Personnel

• Thad Jones – flugelhorn
• Mel Lewis – drums
• Roland Hanna – piano
• Richard Davis – bass
• Jerome Richardson – alto saxophone, soprano saxophone
• Jerry Dodgion – alto saxophone
• Joe Henderson – tenor saxophone
• Eddie Daniels – tenor saxophone
• Pepper Adams – baritone saxophone
• Snooky Young – trumpet
• Richard Williams – trumpet
• Danny Moore – trumpet
• Al Porcino – trumpet
• Jimmy Knepper – trombone
• Ashley Fannell – trombone
• Eddie Bert – trombone
• Cliff Heather – trombone

External links

• TCB Music 2042
• [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r238683|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic]
• Bowers, Jack. Review at allaboutjazz.com Accessed 2008 April 26.