''Suite for Pops'' is a 1975
big band
A big band or jazz orchestra is a type of musical ensemble of jazz music that usually consists of ten or more musicians with four sections: saxophones, trumpets, trombones, and a rhythm section. Big bands originated during the early 1910s and ...
jazz album recorded by the
Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra and released on the
A&M Horizon label.
Track listing
LP side A:
# "Meetin' Place"
# "The Summary"
# "The Farewell"
# "Toledo By Candlelight"
LP side B:
# "The Great One"
# "Only For Now"
# "A Good Time Was Had By All"
Personnel
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Thad Jones
Thaddeus Joseph Jones (March 28, 1923 – August 20, 1986) was an American jazz trumpeter, composer and bandleader who has been called "one of the all-time greatest jazz trumpet soloists".
Early life, family and education
Thad Jones was born i ...
– trumpet, flugelhorn, percussion
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Mel Lewis
Melvin Sokoloff (May 10, 1929 – February 2, 1990), known professionally as Mel Lewis, was an American jazz drummer, session musician, professor, and author. He received fourteen Grammy Award nominations.
Biography
Early years
Lewis was ...
– drums
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Roland Hanna
Roland Pembroke Hanna (February 10, 1932 – November 13, 2002) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and teacher.
Biography
Hanna studied classical piano from the age of 11, but was strongly interested in jazz, having been introduced to i ...
– piano
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Richard Davis – double bass
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George Mraz
George Mraz (born Jiří Mráz; 9 September 1944 – 16 September 2021) was a Czech-born American jazz bassist and alto saxophonist. He was a member of Oscar Peterson's group, and worked with Pepper Adams, Stan Getz, Michel Petrucciani, Stepha ...
- double bass
* Steve Gilmore - double bass
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Jerry Dodgion
Jerry Dodgion (August 29, 1932 – February 17, 2023) was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist and flautist.
Dodgion was born in Richmond, California. He played alto sax in middle school and began working locally in the San Francisco area ...
– soprano & alto saxophone, flute
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Eddie Xiques – alto saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet, flute
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Billy Harper
Billy Harper (born January 17, 1943) is an American jazz saxophonist, "one of a generation of Coltrane-influenced tenor saxophonists" with a distinctively stern, hard-as-nails sound on his instrument.Chris KelseyBilly Harper Biography ''AllMusi ...
– tenor saxophone, flute
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Eddie Daniels
Eddie Daniels (born October 19, 1941) is an American musician and composer. Although he is best known as a jazz clarinetist, he has also played saxophone and flute as well as classical music on clarinet.
Early life, family and education
Daniel ...
– tenor saxophone, clarinet, flute
* Ron Bridgewater - tenor saxophone, clarinet, flute
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Frank Foster - tenor saxophone, clarinet
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Greg Herbert - tenor saxophone
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Lou Marini
Louis Eugene Marini Jr. (born May 13, 1945), known as "Blue Lou" Marini, is an American saxophonist, arranger, and composer. He is best known for his work in jazz, rock, blues, and soul music, as well as his association with The Blues Brother ...
- tenor saxophone
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Pepper Adams
Park Frederick "Pepper" Adams III (October 8, 1930 – September 10, 1986) was an American jazz baritone saxophonist and composer. He composed 42 pieces, was the leader on eighteen albums spanning 28 years, and participated in 600 sessions as a s ...
– baritone saxophone, clarinet
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Jon Faddis
Jon Faddis (born July 24, 1953) is an American jazz trumpet player, conductor, composer, and educator, renowned for both his playing and for his expertise in the field of music education. Upon his first appearance on the scene, he became known ...
– trumpet, percussion
* Stephen Furtado - trumpet
* Jim Bossy - trumpet
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Lew Soloff
Lewis Michael Soloff (February 20, 1944 – March 8, 2015) was an American jazz trumpeter, composer, and actor. He was a founding member of the band Blood, Sweat & Tears.
Biography
From his birth place of New York City, United States, he studie ...
- trumpet
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Snooky Young
Eugene Edward "Snooky" Young (February 3, 1919 – May 11, 2011) was an American jazz trumpeter. He was known for his mastery of the plunger mute, with which he was able to create a wide range of sounds.
Biography
Young was lead trumpeter of t ...
– trumpet
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Marvin Stamm
Marvin Louis Stamm (born May 23, 1939) is an American jazz trumpeter.
Career
Stamm was born in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Stamm began on trumpet at age twelve. He attended North Texas State University, where he was a member of the One ...
– trumpet
* Virgil Jones – trumpet
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Cecil Bridgewater
Cecil Bridgewater (born October 10, 1942) is an American jazz trumpeter and composer.
Biography
Bridgewater was born in Urbana, Illinois and studied at the University of Illinois. He and brother Ron formed the Bridgewater Brothers Band in 1969, ...
– trumpet
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Jimmy Knepper
James Minter Knepper (November 22, 1927 – June 14, 2003) was an American jazz trombonist. In addition to his own recordings as leader, Knepper performed and recorded with Charlie Barnet, Woody Herman, Claude Thornhill, Stan Kenton, Benny Goo ...
– trombone
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– trombone
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Eddie Bert
Edward Joseph Bertolatus (May 16, 1922 – September 27, 2012), also known as Eddie Bert, was an American jazz trombonist.
Music career
He was born in Yonkers, New York, United States. Bert received a degree and a teaching license from the Manha ...
– trombone
* Janice Robinson - trombone
* Earl McIntyre - trombone
* Cliff Heather - bass trombone
* Jack Jeffers – bass trombone/tuba
* Dave Taylor - bass trombone
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Jim Buffington
Jim or JIM may refer to:
Names
* Jim (given name), a given name
* Jim, a diminutive form of the given name James
* Jim, a short form of the given name Jimmy
People and horses
* Jim, the nickname of Yelkanum Seclamatan (died April 1911), Na ...
– French horn
* Peter Gordon - French horn
* Earl Chapin - French horn
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Julius Watkins
Julius Watkins (October 10, 1921 – April 4, 1977) was an American jazz musician who played French horn. Described by AllMusic as "virtually the father of the jazz French horn", Watkins won the ''Down Beat'' critics poll in 1960 and 1961 for Mis ...
- French horn
* Ray Alonge – French horn
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Leonard Gibbs - percussion
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Dee Dee Bridgewater
Dee Dee Bridgewater (née Denise Garrett, May 27, 1950) is an American jazz singer and actress. She is a three-time Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter, as well as a Tony Award-winning stage actress. For 23 years, she was the host of National ...
– vocal
References and external links
* A&M Horizon SP-701
* ''Suite for Pops'' at:
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Allmusic
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discogs.com
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The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra albums
1975 albums
Horizon Records albums