Potpourri (The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra album) explained

Potpourri
Type:	Album
Artist:	Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra
Cover:	Potpourri_ThadJonesMelLewis.jpg
Released:	1974
Recorded:	June 1974
Studio:	Sigma Sound, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	44:08
Label:	Philadelphia International
Producer:	Bobby Martin
Prev Title:	Live in Tokyo
Prev Year:	1974
Next Title:	Thad Jones/Mel Lewis and Manuel De Sica
Next Year:	1974

Potpourri is a 1974 big band jazz album recorded by the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra and released on the Philadelphia International Records label. The album was nominated for a 1975 Grammy award in the category, "Best Jazz Performance - Big Band" and Thad Jones' arrangement of "Living for the City" was also nominated in the Best Instrumental Arrangement category that same year.^[1]

Track listing

LP side A:

1. "Blues In A Minute" – 8:24
2. "All My Yesterdays" – 4:31
3. "Quiet Lady" – 7:31
4. "Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing" (Stevie Wonder) – 3:58

LP side B:

1. "For the Love of Money" (Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff, Anthony Jackson) – 4:12
2. "Yours and Mine" – 3:46
3. "Ambiance" (Marian McPartland; arranged by Jerry Dodgion) – 7:22
4. "Living for the City" (Stevie Wonder) – 4:24

All songs composed and arranged by Thad Jones except as indicated.

Personnel

• Thad Jones – flugelhorn
• Mel Lewis – drums
• Roland Hanna – piano
• George Mraz – bass
• Jerry Dodgion – alto saxophone, flute
• Eddie Xiques – alto saxophone, flute, clarinet
• Billy Harper – tenor saxophone, clarinet
• Ron Bridgewater – tenor saxophone, clarinet
• Pepper Adams – baritone saxophone
• Jon Faddis – trumpet
• Jim Bossy – trumpet
• Steve Furtado – trumpet
• Cecil Bridgewater – trumpet
• Jimmy Knepper – trombone
• Quentin Jackson – trombone
• Billy Campbell – trombone
• Cliff Heather – trombone
• Buddy Lucas – harmonica, jaw harp

External links

• discogs.com, Accessed 2008 May 1

Notes and References

1. LA Times, "The Envelope" awards database. 1975 Grammy awards link. Accessed 2008 April 19.