The Thad Jones Mel Lewis Orchestra In Europe is a compilation of live recordings made by the Thad Jones / Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra in Poland and Germany in October 1978.

In Europe
Live album by Thad Jones / Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra
Released	2007
Recorded	1978 October 2 (Berlin), Germany and 1978 October 26 (Warsaw), Poland
Genre	Jazz
Length	144:33

Release history

All tracks were previously released on one of two WestWind Jazz releases, A Touch of Class and Body and Soul.

Track listing

Disc 1:

1. "Samba Con Get Chu" (Brookmeyer) – 13:05
2. "Quietude" – 7:36
3. "Cecilia Is Love" (Foster) – 6:28
4. "I Love You" (Porter) – 5:55
5. "And I Love You So" (McLean) – 7:31
6. "That's Freedom" (H. Jones) – 9:04
7. "The Second Race" – 10:31
8. "Willow Weep for Me" – 9:19

Disc 2:

1. "Sixty First and Richard" – 12:00
2. "Body and Soul" – 7:32
3. "Don't Get Sassy" – 11:07
4. "Child Is Born" – 10:17
5. "Fingers"  – 15:38
6. "Intimacy of the Blues" (Strayhorn) – 18:31

All songs composed by Thad Jones except as noted.

Personnel

• Thad Jones – flugelhorn
• Mel Lewis – drums
• Jim McNeely – piano
• Jasper Lundgaard – bass
• Dick Oatts – alto saxophone
• Steve Coleman – alto saxophone
• Rick Perry – tenor saxophone
• Robert Rockwell – tenor saxophone
• Charles Davis – baritone saxophone
• Ron Tooley – trumpet
• Simo Salminin – trumpet
• Irvin Stokes – trumpet
• Larry Moss – trumpet
• John Mosca – trombone
• Doug Purviance – trombone
• Lolly Bienenfeld – trombone
• Lu Robertson – trombone

References

• ...In Europe (ITM 920004) at allmusic.com

External links

• A Touch of Class (West Wind Jazz WW 2402) at allmusic.com
• Body & Soul (West Wind Jazz WW 2407) at allmusic.com