Greetings and Salutations explained
Greetings and Salutations |
Type: | album |
Artist: | Thad Jones, Mel Lewis and the Swedish Radio Orchestra |
Cover: | GreetingsAndSalutations_ThadJonesMelLewis.jpg |
Border: | yes |
Recorded: | 1975 June 27, 28 Stockholm, Sweden |
Genre: | Jazz |
Length: | 40:33 |
Label: | Four Leaf Clover (Sweden) / Town Crier |
Greetings and Salutations is a 1975 big band jazz album recorded by the Swedish Radio Jazz Group with Thad Jones, Mel Lewis and Jon Faddis as guest bandleader / performers. The album was nominated for a 1978 Grammy award in the Best Jazz Instrumental Performance - Big Band category.[1]
Track listing
- "61st And Rich'it" – 8:15
- "The Waltz You Swang For Me" – 7:23
- "Forever Lasting" – 6:59
- "Love To One" – 4:19
- "Greetings And Salutations" – 13:37
additional bonus tracks on reissues (from 1977 recording session):
6. "Mach 2" (Scott) – 4:52
7. "Rhoda's Map" – 5:04
8. "My Centennial" – 9:48
Personnel
Original 1975 recording session (tracks 1~5):
- Thad Jones – cornet
- Jon Faddis – trumpet
- Americo Bellotto – trumpet
- Bertil Lövgren – trumpet
- Jan Allan – trumpet
- Torgny Nilsson – trombone
- Lars Olofsson – trombone
- Bengt Edwardsson – trombone
- Sven Larson – trombone
- Lennart Åberg – tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute
- Claes Rosendahl – alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, flute
- Erik Nilsson – baritone saxophone, bass clarinet, flute
- Wåge Finer – alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, flute
- Rune Falk – tenor saxophone, clarinet
- Håkan Nyquist – French horn
- Sven Åke Landström – French horn
- Kurt Puke – French horn
- Bengt Olsson – French horn
- Bo Juhlin – tuba
- Rune Gustafsson – guitar
- Bengt Hallberg – piano, electric piano
- Georg Riedel – bass
- Stefan Brolund – electric bass
- Egil Johansen – drums
- Mel Lewis – drums
1977 recording session (bonus tracks 6~8):
Notes and References
- LA Times, "The Envelope" awards database. 1975 Grammy awards link. Accessed 2008 May 19.