Mel Lewis, Bob Brookmeyer & Clark Terry – Live At The Village Vanguard (Remastered) (1980/2019) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Mel Lewis, Bob Brookmeyer & Clark Terry – Live At The Village Vanguard (Remastered) (1980/2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 49:27 minutes | 534 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Gryphon Records

A year after Thad Jones’ decision to end his musical partnership with drummer Mel Lewis, Lewis’ jazz orchestra was changing its sound. Valve trombonist Bob Brookmeyer became the big band’s chief arranger for a time, and his charts show the influence of modern classical music while usually still swinging. This hard to find album features the orchestra playing live at their home base (the Village Vanguard), and such soloists as pianist Jim McNeely and Dick Oatts on alto and soprano; flugelhornist Clark Terry, and Brookmeyer himself are featured on the nearly 16-minute “El Co” and “The Fan Club.” Worthwhile if not essential music.

Tracklist:
1. Mel Lewis, The Jazz Orchestra & Bob Brookmeyer – Ding Dong Ding (07:23)
2. Mel Lewis, The Jazz Orchestra & Bob Brookmeyer – First Love Song (05:26)
3. Mel Lewis, The Jazz Orchestra & Bob Brookmeyer – Hello & Goodbye (07:47)
4. Mel Lewis, The Jazz Orchestra & Bob Brookmeyer – Skylark (07:00)
5. Mel Lewis, The Jazz Orchestra & Bob Brookmeyer – El Co (16:25)
6. Mel Lewis, The Jazz Orchestra & Bob Brookmeyer – The Fan Club (05:23)

Personnel:
Clark Terry, flugelhorn
Stephanie Fauber, french horn
Jim McNeely, piano
Bob Mintzer, reeds
Dick Oatts, reeds
Gary Pribeck, reeds
Richard Perry, reeds
Steve Coleman, reeds
Brookmeyer, trombone
Earl McIntyre, trombone
John Mosca, trombone
Lee Robertson, trombone
Lolly Bienenfeld, trombone
Earl Gardner, trumpet
John Marshall, trumpet
Larry Moses, trumpet
Ron Tooley, trumpet
Rufus Reid, bass
Mel Lewis, drums

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